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The C-terminal half of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR3a is sufficient to trigger R3a-mediated hypersensitivity and suppress INF1-induced cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Oct 2006
Bos Jorunn I B, Kanneganti Thirumala-Devi, Young Carolyn, Cakir Cahid, Huitema Edgar, Win Joe, Armstrong Miles R, Birch Paul R J, Kamoun Sophien
Abstract excerpt
The RXLR cytoplasmic effector AVR3a of Phytophthora infestans confers avirulence on potato plants carrying the R3a gene. Two alleles of Avr3a encode secreted proteins that differ in only three amino acid residues, two of which are in the mature protein. Avirulent isolates carry the Avr3a allele, which encodes AVR3aKI (containing amino acids C19, K80 and I103), whereas virulent isolates express only the virulence...
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