Breaking the DNA-binding code of Ralstonia solanacearum TAL effectors provides new possibilities to generate plant resistance genes against bacterial wilt disease

New Phytologist

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 773-786

  de Lange, Orlando ^a   Schreiber, Tom ^b   Schandry, Niklas ^a   Radeck, Jara ^a   Braun, Karl Heinz ^a   Koszinowski, Julia ^a   Heuer, Holger ^c   Strauß, Annett ^a   Lahaye, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

AvrBs3 (avirulence protein triggering Bs3 resistance); Brg11(hrpB regulated 11); Designer transcription activator like effector (TALE); GMI1000; Ralstonia solanacearum; Ralstonia transcription activator like effector (TALE) like (RTL); Repeat variable diresidue (RVD); Transcription activator like (TAL) effectors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

DISEASE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE; HOST PLANT; HOST RANGE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; WILT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AVRBS3 (AVIRULENCE PROTEIN TRIGGERING BS3 RESISTANCE); BRG11(HRPB-REGULATED 11); CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DESIGNER TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR-LIKE EFFECTOR (TALE); DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GMI1000; HOST RANGE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RALSTONIA TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR-LIKE EFFECTOR (TALE)-LIKE (RTL); REPEAT VARIABLE DIRESIDUE (RVD); REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR-LIKE (TAL) EFFECTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AVRBS3 (AVIRULENCE PROTEIN TRIGGERING BS3 RESISTANCE); BRG11(HRPB-REGULATED 11); DESIGNER TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR-LIKE EFFECTOR (TALE); GMI1000; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RALSTONIA TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR-LIKE EFFECTOR (TALE)-LIKE (RTL); REPEAT VARIABLE DIRESIDUE (RVD); TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR-LIKE (TAL) EFFECTORS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 84880251790     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12324     Document Type: Article

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