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An engineered promoter driving expression of a microbial avirulence gene confers recognition of TAL effectors and reduces growth of diverse Xanthomonas strains in citrus.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Sept 2017
Shantharaj Deepak, Römer Patrick, Figueiredo Jose F L, Minsavage Gerald V, Krönauer Christina, Stall Robert E, Moore Gloria A, Fisher Latanya C, Hu Yang, Horvath Diana M, Lahaye Thomas, Jones Jeffrey B
Abstract excerpt
Xanthomonas citri ssp. citri (X. citri), causal agent of citrus canker, uses transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) as major pathogenicity factors. TALEs, which are delivered into plant cells through the type III secretion system (T3SS), interact with effector binding elements (EBEs) in host genomes to activate the expression of downstream susceptibility genes to promote disease. Predictably, TALEs bind...
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