TAL effector driven induction of a SWEET gene confers susceptibility to bacterial blight of cotton

Autor: Kevin L. Cox, Fanhong Meng, Katherine E. Wilkins, Fangjun Li, Ping Wang, Nicholas J. Booher, Sara C. D. Carpenter, Li-Qing Chen, Hui Zheng, Xiquan Gao, Yi Zheng, Zhangjun Fei, John Z. Yu, Thomas Isakeit, Terry Wheeler, Wolf B. Frommer, Ping He, Adam J. Bogdanove, Libo Shan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15588
Popis: Transcription activator-like effectors contribute to virulence of theXanthomonas strain responsible for bacterial blight in cotton. Here Cox et al. show that the XanthomonasAvrb6 effector induces expression of the cotton SWEET10 sugar transporter and that this induction promotes disease.
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