CtChi19: Safflower Gene Expression Data for Fungal Disease Resistance

490 and 921 differentially expressed proteins were identified in safflower at 48 and 72 hours post-infection by Alternaria alternata. The dataset, authored by Kang Ma and last updated in 2026, focuses on the hub gene CtChi19, a chitinase linked to enhanced resistance against Botrytis cinerea and A. alternata. It integrates proteomic and transcriptomic analyses to provide candidate genes for molecular breeding of disease-resistant safflower varieties.

Use Cases

• Identify candidate defense-related genes in safflower based on differentially expressed protein data.
• Study the role of chitinase (GH19 family) activity in plant immune responses using CtChi19 expression data.
• Validate hub genes for disease resistance through cross-referencing proteomic and transcriptomic datasets.
• Support molecular breeding programs by screening genetic resources for improved fungal pathogen resistance.

Strengths

• Includes quantified differentially expressed protein counts (490 at 48 hpi, 921 at 72 hpi).
• Integrates multiple omics layers (proteomics and transcriptomics) for candidate gene discovery.
• Functional validation is described, with CtChi19 overexpression shown to enhance disease resistance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (115.9 KB), indicating limited scope or summary-level data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Kang Ma.

Collection Method

Proteomic analysis of infected safflower and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) of integrated omics data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 05:40:57; freshness should be verified.