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Identification of a transcription factor associated with virulence in the necrotrophic fungus, Alternaria brassicicola. The top panel shows lesions on Brassica oleracea after inoculation with conidia of the wild type and a mutant under different conditions. Bottom panel shows similar lesion sizes produced by a complemented mutant and the wild type, compared with smaller lesions produced by the mutant at even greater inoculum concentrations. For the article by Srivastava et al., click here.

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bannerA Zinc-Finger-Family Transcription Factor
Cell wall degrading enzymes are generally thought to play an important role in both fungal and bacterial pathogenicity. However, functional redundancy among the genes encoding these enzymes has made it very difficult to confirm their role genetically. In the April issue of MPMI, Srivastava et al. show that mutations in the transcription factor, Abvf19, significantly reduced virulence of Alternaria brassicicola. Of the 74 genes apparently regulated by Abvf19, 24 encode cell wall degrading enzymes. Read more...
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XopR, a Type III Effector Secreted by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, Suppresses Microbe-Associated Molecular Pattern-Triggered Immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana
 Chiharu Akimoto-Tomiyama, Ayako Furutani, Seiji Tsuge, Erica J. Washington, Yoko Nishizawa, Eiichi Minami, and Hirokazu Ochiai

banner Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is the causal agent of bacterial blight of rice. The XopR protein, secreted into plant cells through the type III secretion apparatus, is widely conserved in xanthomonads and is predicted to play important roles in bacterial pathogenicity. Here, we examined the function of XopR by constructing transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing it under control of the dexamethasone (DEX)-inducible promoter. Collectively, these results suggest that XopR inhibits basal defense responses in plants rapidly after MAMP recognition. Read more...

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Identification of Pathogenesis-Associated Genes by T-DNA-Mediated Insertional Mutagenesis in Botrytis cinerea: A Type 2A Phosphoprotein Phosphatase and an SPT3 Transcription Factor Have Significant Impact on Virulence

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