Natural variation reveals key amino acids in a downy mildew effector that alters recognition specificity by an Arabidopsis resistance gene

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-523

  Allen, Rebecca L ^a   Meitz, Julia C ^a   Baumber, Rachel E ^a   Hall, Sharon A ^a   Lee, Sarah C ^a   Rose, Laura E ^b   Beynon, Jim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; RPP13 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THREONINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; HYALOPERONOSPORA PARASITICA; PERONOSPORACEAE;

EID: 45149105252     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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