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Cellulases belonging to glycoside hydrolase families 6 and 7 contribute to the virulence of Magnaporthe oryzae.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Sept 2012
Van Vu Ba, Itoh Kenji, Nguyen Quoc Bao, Tosa Yukio, Nakayashiki Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
Upon infection, phytopathogenic fungi secrete an array of hydrolytic enzymes that can degrade components of the host epidermis, including waxes, the cuticle, and cell walls. Cellulases, which can hydrolyze crystalline cellulose in the plant cell wall, are among these hydrolytic enzymes. Here, we provide RNAi-based evidence to show that cellulases belonging to glycosyl hydrolase (GH) families 6 and 7 contribute to...
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