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Cladosporium fulvum overcomes Cf-2-mediated resistance by producing truncated AVR2 elicitor proteins.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Aug 2002
Luderer Rianne, Takken Frank L W, de Wit Pierre J G M, Joosten Matthieu H A J
Abstract excerpt
The Cf-2 gene of tomato confers resistance to strains of the biotrophic pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum carrying avirulence gene Avr2. To allow dissection of the biochemical mechanism of perception of AVR2 by Cf-2, we set out to clone the Avr2 gene. Here, we report the functional cloning of Avr2 cDNA, based on the induction of a hypersensitive response (HR) by the encoded AVR2 protein in Cf2 tomato plants....
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