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The endo-arabinanase BcAra1 is a novel host-specific virulence factor of the necrotic fungal phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Aug 2014
Nafisi Majse, Stranne Maria, Zhang Lisha, van Kan Jan A L, Sakuragi Yumiko
Abstract excerpt
The plant cell wall is one of the first physical interfaces encountered by plant pathogens and consists of polysaccharides, of which arabinan is an important constituent. During infection, the necrotrophic plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea secretes a cocktail of plant cell-wall-degrading enzymes, including endo-arabinanase activity, which carries out the breakdown of arabinan. The roles of arabinan and...
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