Categories of defense-related ESTs

DEFENSE GENES

PR3-type endochitinases Chia1, Chia4
pathogenesis-related proteins Cxc750, PR1, PvPR3
non-specific lipid transfer protein (LTP)
beta 1,3-glucanse
phenylalanine ammonia lyase
hin1 hypersensitive response protein

DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES

downy mildew resistance protein RPP5
wheat leaf rust resistance gene homologue Lr10
Colletotrichum resistance protein SLRR

STRESS-RELATED GENES

heat shock (SB100, HSP81)
cold tolerance (SRC2, CAS15)
water stress (WSI724)
heavy metal stress (metallothionine-like proteins, wali7)
ethylene-inducible proteins (HEVER, pEARL1)
detoxification (betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase, GST, catalase)