Affinity of Avr2 for tomato cysteine protease Rcr3 correlates with the Avr2-triggered Cf-2-mediated hypersensitive response

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-30

  Van't Klooster, John W ^a   Van Der Kamp, Marc W ^a   Vervoort, Jacques ^a   Beekwilder, Jules ^a   Boeren, Sjef ^a   Joosten, Matthieu H A J ^a   Thomma, Bart P H J ^a   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; DISULFIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLADOSPORIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CLADOSPORIUM; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DISULFIDES; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 78649754204     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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