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Investigation of the diversity of effector genes in the banana pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, reveals evidence of horizontal gene transfer.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 May 2018
Czislowski Elizabeth, Fraser-Smith Sam, Zander Manuel, O'Neill Wayne T, Meldrum Rachel A, Tran-Nguyen Lucy T T, Batley Jacqueline, Aitken Elizabeth A B
Abstract excerpt
It is hypothesized that the virulence of phytopathogenic fungi is mediated through the secretion of small effector proteins that interfere with the defence responses of the host plant. In Fusarium oxysporum, one family of effectors, the Secreted In Xylem (SIX) genes, has been identified. We sought to characterize the diversity and evolution of the SIX genes in the banana-infecting lineages of F. oxysporum f. sp....
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