Positive selection in AvrP4 avirulence gene homologues across the genus Melampsora

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1669, 2009, Pages 2913-2922

  Van Der Merwe, Marlien M ^a,b   Kinnear, Mark W ^c   Barrett, Luke G ^a,c,d   Dodds, Peter N ^a   Ericson, Lars ^e   Thrall, Peter H ^a   Burdon, Jeremy J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avirulence; Effector; Melampsora; Pathogen; Rust fungi; Selection

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; PEPTIDE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; RUST DISEASE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; AVRP4 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; GENETIC SELECTION; MELAMPSORA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MELAMPSORA; MELAMPSORA LINI; UREDINALES;

EID: 68249085537     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0328     Document Type: Article

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