Cereal powdery mildew effectors: a complex toolbox for an obligate pathogen.
Author(s)
Bourras, Salim
Praz, Coraline R
Spanu, Pietro D
Keller, Beat
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Cereal powdery mildews are major pathogens of cultivated monocot crops, and all are obligate biotrophic fungi that can only grow and reproduce on living hosts. This lifestyle is combined with extreme host specialization where every mildew subspecies (referred to as forma specialis) can only infect one plant species. Recently there has been much progress in our understanding of the possible roles effectors play in this complex host-pathogen interaction. Here, we review current knowledge on the origin, evolution, and mode of action of cereal mildew effectors, with a particular focus on recent advances in the identification of bona fide effectors and avirulence effector proteins from wheat and barley powdery mildews.
Date Issued
2018-02-15
Date Acceptance
2018-01-31
Citation
Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2018, 46, pp.26-33
ISSN
1369-5274
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
26
End Page
33
Journal / Book Title
Current Opinion in Microbiology
Volume
46
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29455142
PII: S1369-5274(17)30205-9
Grant Number
BB/M000710/1
Subjects
0605 Microbiology
1108 Medical Microbiology
Microbiology
Publication Status
Published online
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2018-02-22