Fig. 2: Plant suppresses expression of fungal G protein and vic-related genes upon S. sclerotiorum infection.

A Expression cluster analysis of S. sclerotiorum genes encoding G protein subunits in 1980 and Ep-1PN co-cultures in vitro and in planta. B Expression levels of genes encoding G protein subunits in 1980 alone, and 1980 and Ep-1PN co-culture in vitro and in planta. Data are presented as mean ± SD, two-tailed Student’s t test. n = 3 biologically repetitions. C Expression cluster analysis of S. sclerotiorum genes encoding proteins containing HET conserved domains in 1980 and Ep-1PN co-cultures in vitro and in planta. The relative expression of selected genes was plotted based on the threshold of RPKM value in RNA-seq data (Bioproject Accession: PRJNA908905). Red and blue indicate respectively high and low expression levels. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.