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SUBMITTER: Brunner PC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2774967 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brunner Patrick C PC Keller Nicolas N McDonald Bruce A BA
PloS one 20091118 11
Plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) of plant pathogens are receiving increasing interest for their potential to trigger plant defense reactions. In an antagonistic co-evolutionary arms race between host and pathogen, PCWDEs could be under strong selection. Here, we tested the hypothesis that PCWDEs in the fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola have been positively selected by analyzing ratios of non-synonymous and synonymous nucleotide changes in the genes encoding these enzymes ...[more]