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SUBMITTER: Bozkurt TO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3251060 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bozkurt Tolga O TO Schornack Sebastian S Win Joe J Shindo Takayuki T Ilyas Muhammad M Oliva Ricardo R Cano Liliana M LM Jones Alexandra M E AM Huitema Edgar E van der Hoorn Renier A L RA Kamoun Sophien S
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20111205 51
In response to pathogen attack, plant cells secrete antimicrobial molecules at the site of infection. However, how plant pathogens interfere with defense-related focal secretion remains poorly known. Here we show that the host-translocated RXLR-type effector protein AVRblb2 of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans focally accumulates around haustoria, specialized infection structures that form inside plant cells, and promotes virulence by interfering with the execution of host ...[more]