Effectors of biotrophic fungal plant pathogens

Plant pathogenic biotrophic fungi are able to grow within living plant tissue due to the action of secreted pathogen proteins known as effectors that alter the response of plant cells to pathogens. The discovery and identification of these proteins has greatly expanded with the sequencing and annota...

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Veröffentlicht in:Functional plant biology : FPB 2010-01, Vol.37 (10), p.913-918
Hauptverfasser: Gan, Pamela H.P, Rafiqi, Maryam, Hardham, Adrienne R, Dodds, Peter N
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Zusammenfassung:Plant pathogenic biotrophic fungi are able to grow within living plant tissue due to the action of secreted pathogen proteins known as effectors that alter the response of plant cells to pathogens. The discovery and identification of these proteins has greatly expanded with the sequencing and annotation of fungal pathogen genomes. Studies to characterise effector function have revealed that a subset of these secreted pathogen proteins interact with plant proteins within the host cytoplasm. This review focuses on the effectors of intracellular biotrophic and hemibiotrophic fungal plant pathogens and summarises advances in understanding the roles of these proteins in disease and in elucidating the mechanism of fungal effector uptake into host cells.
ISSN:1445-4408
1445-4416
DOI:10.1071/FP10072