02071naa a2200337 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400290007410000160010324500940011926000090021330000090022252011500023165000250138165000150140665000090142165300270143065300240145765300120148170000310149370000170152470000200154170000200156170000200158170000160160170000210161770000210163870000220165977300520168116601212017-08-03 2010 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d a1110-72517 a10.1155/2010/8476732DOI1 aFUGANTI, R. aSize of AT(n) insertions in promoter region modulates Gmhsp17.6-L gene expression levels. c2010 a9 p. aDuring earlier experiments, an SSR molecularmarker (176 SoyHSP) showing high correlation (70%) with resistance/susceptibility to javanese root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica was identified in soybean. After being sequenced, results indicated that the SSR 176 Soy HSP marker was inserted in the promoter region of Gmhsp17.6-L gene. It was also detected in this region that resistant genotypes presented insertions between AT(31) and AT(33) in size and susceptible genotypes, AT(9). Gmhsp17.6-L gene coding region presented a perfect match in amino acid sequence in all soybean genotypes. A ribonuclease protection assay showed that Gmhsp17.6-L gene mRNA transcripts were present in all genotypes. A real-time relative quantification (qPCR) indicated in the resistant individuals higher mRNA transcripts levels, which presented in the sequencing more AT(n) insertions. These results suggest that the number ofAT(n) insertions inside this promoter region couldmodulate up or down gene levels. Those findings can lead to the possibility of manipulating, between some limits, the mRNA transcripts levels using different sizes of AT(n) insertions. aMeloidogyne Javanica aNematóide aSoja aMarcadores moleculares aNematóide de galha aSoybean1 aMACHADO, M. de F. P. da S.1 aLOPES, V. S.1 aSILVA, J. F. V.1 aARIAS, C. A. A.1 aMARIN, S. R. R.1 aBINNECK, E.1 aABDELNOOR, R. V.1 aMARCELINO, F. C.1 aNEPOMUCENO, A. L. tJournal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2010.