Cell wall–associated effectors of plant-colonizing fungi

Advances and Challenges in Computational Prediction of Effectors from Plant Pathogenic Fungi

1 CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 2 CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Black Mountain Laboratories, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 3 CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 University of Western Australia Institute of Agriculture, University of Western A...

Effectors in plant–microbe interactions

Two cytoplasmic effectors of Phytophthora sojae regulate plant cell death via interactions with plant catalases.

Plant pathogenic oomycetes, such as Phytophthora sojae, secrete an arsenal of host cytoplasmic effectors to promote infection. We have shown previously that P. sojae PsCRN63 (for crinkling- and necrosis-inducing proteins) induces programmed cell death (PCD) while PsCRN115 blocks PCD in planta; however, they are jointly required for full pathogenesis. Here, we find that PsCRN63 alone or PsCRN63 ...

Epigenetic control of effectors in plant pathogens

Plant pathogens display impressive versatility in adapting to host immune systems. Pathogen effector proteins facilitate disease but can become avirulence (Avr) factors when the host acquires discrete recognition capabilities that trigger immunity. The mechanisms that lead to changes to pathogen Avr factors that enable escape from host immunity are diverse, and include epigenetic switches that ...

Effectors, effectors et encore des effectors: the XIV International Congress on Molecular-Plant Microbe Interactions, Quebec.

Department of Energy–Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, U.S.A.; Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada; Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Canada; Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, U.K.; Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiol...