Analysis of new type III effectors from Xanthomonas uncovers XopB and XopS as suppressors of plant immunity

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 894-911

  Schulze, Sebastian ^a   Kay, Sabine ^a   Büttner, Daniela ^a   Egler, Monique ^a   Eschen Lippold, Lennart ^b   Hause, Gerd ^a   Krüger, Antje ^a   Lee, Justin ^b   Müller, Oliver ^a   Scheel, Dierk ^b   Szczesny, Robert ^a   Thieme, Frank ^a   Bonas, Ulla ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial spot disease; Capsicum annuum (pepper); Cell death suppression; Effector; HpaB; Type III secretion; Vesicle trafficking; Xanthomonas campestris

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DEFENSE; VEGETABLE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT CELL; PLANT IMMUNITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETION (PROCESS); SOLANACEAE; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GOLGI APPARATUS; PLANT CELLS; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOLANACEAE; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPSICUM ANNUUM; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 84864532314     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04210.x     Document Type: Article

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