MPMI Update 

March 14, 2011
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Most-Read Articles
Editor's Pick by 
Dr. Gary Stacey, MPMI Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Stacey

In recent years, the number of putative microbial effector proteins that modulate plant innate immunity has increased substantially, adding to the challenge to define their function. In the March issue of MPMI, Salomon et al. report the use of yeast as a surrogate system to examine Xanthomonas capestris pv. vesicatoria effector activity. Of 21 effectors tested, 7 measurably affected yeast growth, presumably by targeting functions conserved between plants and yeast. This is also one of this month's most-read papers. Read more...

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Identification and Validation of Reference Genes for Normalization of Transcripts from Virus-Infected Arabidopsis thaliana


Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) of complementary DNA is now a standard method for studies of gene expression. However, qPCR can identify genuine variation only when transcript quantities are accurately normalized to an appropriate reference. The data furnish plant virologists with reference genes for normalization of qPCR-derived gene expression in virus-infected Arabidopsis and will be beneficial to the selection and design of primers targeting orthologous genes in other plant species. Read More... 

 

Most-Read Papers in MPMI Last Month

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Impairment of photosystem II (PSII) via virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of key photosystem genes in Nicotiana benthamiana visualized under white light (top) and by chlorophyll fluorescence imaging (bottom). VIGS-PsbO (left) and VIGS-phytoene desaturase (PDS) (right). Color scale (blue = high, red = low) indicates decreased PSII efficiency. Photos courtesy of Wil Hershberger. For the article by Manfre et al., click here.

 

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