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Successful search for a resistance gene in tomato targeted against a virulence factor of a fungal pathogen.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Jul 1998
Laugé R, Joosten M H, Haanstra J P, Goodwin P H, Lindhout P, De Wit P J
Abstract excerpt
The interaction between tomato and its fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum complies with the gene-for-gene system, in which specific recognition of fungal proteins by plant genotypes with matching resistance genes results in host resistance. Two proteins, ECP1 and ECP2, secreted by C. fulvum during infection, are required for full virulence of the fungus on tomato. We chose the most important virulence factor,...
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