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The Phytophthora parasitica RXLR effector penetration-specific effector 1 favours Arabidopsis thaliana infection by interfering with auxin physiology.
The New phytologist - 1 Jul 2013
Evangelisti Edouard, Govetto Benjamin, Minet-Kebdani Naïma, Kuhn Marie-Line, Attard Agnès, Ponchet Michel, Panabières Franck, Gourgues Mathieu
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic oomycetes have evolved RXLR effectors to thwart plant defense mechanisms and invade host tissues. We analysed the function of one of these effectors (Penetration-Specific Effector 1 (PSE1)) whose transcript is transiently accumulated during penetration of host roots by the oomycete Phytophthora parasitica. Expression of PSE1 protein in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana benthamiana) leaves and in...
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