Living organisms respond to their immediate environment by modulating their genetic programme to perform adapted functions. Eukaryotic organisms that associate with plants (fungi, oomycetes, insects, …) alter their transcriptome in a host-specific manner. Recent comparative transcriptomic studies revealed that host-specialized transcriptomes consist of a limited set of genes. Such a set typically encodes proteins that modulate host structures and functions (predicted effectors and other secreted proteins), control nutrient assimilation (proteases, transporters), and maintain cellular homeostasis (oxidoreductases, detoxification enzymes). We conclude by discussing open mechanistic and evolutionary questions and integrated approaches to move beyond descriptive studies.

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植物相关生物的宿主专用转录组。

活生物体通过调节其遗传程序来执行适应的功能，从而对自己的周围环境做出反应。与植物结合的真核生物（真菌，卵菌，昆虫等）以宿主特异性的方式改变其转录组。最近的比较转录组学研究表明，宿主特异性转录组由一组有限的基因组成。这样的集合通常编码调节宿主结构和功能的蛋白质（预测的效应子和其他分泌的蛋白质），控制营养同化（蛋白酶，转运蛋白）并维持细胞稳态（氧化还原酶，解毒酶）。最后，我们讨论开放的机械和进化问题以及超越描述性研究的综合方法。