Cereal powdery mildew effectors: a complex toolbox for an obligate pathogen.

Cereal powdery mildew effectors: a complex toolbox for an obligate pathogen.
Curr Opin Microbiol. 2018 Feb 15;46:26-33
Authors: Bourras S, Praz CR, Spanu PD, Keller B
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.
PMID: 29455142 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Opinion in Microbiology - February 15, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Bourras S, Praz CR, Spanu PD, Keller B Tags: Curr Opin Microbiol Source Type: research