Cladosporium fulvum Avr4 protects fungal cell walls against hydrolysis by plant chitinases accumulating during infection

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1420-1430

  Van Den Burg, Harrold A ^a,c   Harrison, Stuart J ^b,d   Joosten, Matthieu H A J ^a   Vervoort, Jacques ^a   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MOGEN International NV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defense; Hypersensitive response; Resistance genes

Indexed keywords

AVR4 PROTEIN, CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CLADOSPORIUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOMATO; TRICHODERMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; HYDROLYSIS; HYPHAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRICHODERMA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM PHASEOLI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 33751578407     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-19-1420     Document Type: Article

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