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The functional annotation of the differentially expressed genes was obtained by comparison of all expressed transcript sequences to the Arabidopsis thaliana genome (TAIR transcripts (?introns, +UTRs)). For quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) experiments, first-strand cDNA was synthesized from 1?��g total RNA in 30?��L with oligo-d(T)17 and Superscript III (Invitrogen), following the manufacturer��s instructions. cDNA concentration in the RT mix was quantified using an ND-1000 UV spectrophotometer, and 1?��g cDNA was used for qRT-PCR experiments, using an ABI Prism 7900HT thermocycler (Applera Italia) and Platinum SYBR-Green kit (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer��s instructions. For http://www.selleckchem.com/products/smoothened-agonist-sag-hcl.html each sample, three independent biological replicates were made and each replicate was run three times. To normalize raw expression data, the expression of the actin and elongation factor 1�� (ef-1��) housekeeping genes were assayed in all four fruit treatments (white and red, inoculated or mock-inoculated). The ef-1�� gene showed the most constant expression levels (absolute ��(Ct)? http://www.selleckchem.com/products/epz015666.html treatments), and was used for data normalization. Means from independent experiments were subjected to one-way anova and Tukey��s test using past software (http://folk.uio.no/ohammer/past/). Red infected strawberries were highly susceptible to C.?acutatum: at 3?days post-infection (dpi) all the infected fruits were infected by brown necrotic anthracnose lesions (Fig.?1). These became darker and larger at 5 dpi, spreading to the whole fruit surface at 7 dpi; this confirms the very high susceptibility of cv. Alba to C.?acutatum. Conversely, none of the white fruits showed anthracnose symptoms http://www.selleck.cn/products/SP600125.html up to 5 dpi, when fruits started to turn pink (Fig.?1), suggesting that C.?acutatum became quiescent on immature stages. Consistently, at 7 dpi, along with the appearance of red colour, necrotric anthracnose lesions started to become evident in these fruits, indicating that fungal growth had recommenced. In order to determine if C.?acutatum develops quiescent infections on unripe fruits, the interaction between C.?acutatum and white and red strawberries was microscopically analysed on the fruit surface at different times following pathogen inoculation. At 8?hpi the C.?acutatum conidia were still ungerminated on the surface of both white and red fruits (Fig.?2a,b). On both fruits, most conidia germinated at 16?hpi (Fig.?2c,d), whereas, at 24?hpi all conidia appeared germinated and most of them showed melanized appressoria (Fig.?2e,f). To verify the timing of fungal penetration, fruits up to 32?hpi were sectioned and analysed at the subcuticular level. At 24?hpi the C.?acutatum colonization in white and red fruits appeared markedly different (Fig.?3): on red strawberries the pathogen penetrated and developed subcuticular intercellular hyphae (Fig.