The phytophthora infestans avirulence gene Avr4 encodes an RXLR-dEER effector

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1460-1470

  Van Poppel, Pieter M J A ^a,b,g   Guo, Jun ^a,c,d   Van De Vondervoort, Peter J I ^a,f   Jung, Maartje W M ^a   Birch, Paul R J ^e   Whisson, Stephen C ^e   Govers, Francine ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f DSM FOOD SPECIALTIES   (Netherlands)

^g De Ruiter Seeds   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Late blight; Plant pathogen; RXLR motif

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA; POTATO; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYTOPHTHORA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERVIDAE; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; POTATO VIRUS X; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 55549143348     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-11-1460     Document Type: Article

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