Evolution of RXLR-class effectors in the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Goss, Erica M ^a,b   Press, Caroline M ^a   Grünwald, Niklaus J ^a  

^a HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOMYCETES; PARALOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA LATERALIS; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; POINT MUTATION; POSITIVE SELECTION; RXLR CLASS EFFECTOR GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANTS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84892430481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079347     Document Type: Article

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