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Pathogen virulence factors as molecular probes of basic plant cellular functions.

Current opinion in plant biology ·Vol. 10 ·No. 6 ·2007-12-00 ·Pages 580-6

Speth EB, Lee YN, He SY

Abstract

To successfully colonize plants, pathogens have evolved a myriad of virulence factors that allow them to manipulate host cellular pathways in order to gain entry into, multiply and move within, and eventually exit the host for a new infection cycle. In the past few years, substantial progress has been made in characterizing the host targets of viral and bacterial virulence factors, providing unique insights into basic plant cellular processes such as gene silencing, vesicle trafficking, hormone signaling, and innate immunity. Identification of the host targets of additional pathogen virulence factors promises to continue shedding light on fundamental cellular mechanisms in plants, thus enhancing our understanding of plant signaling, metabolism, and cell biology.

MeSH Terms
Bacterial Proteins/metabolism,physiology Biological Transport Chloroplasts/physiology Fungal Proteins/metabolism,physiology Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Immunity, Innate/physiology MAP Kinase Signaling System Plant Cells Plants/metabolism,microbiology Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism RNA Interference RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism,physiology Viral Proteins/metabolism,physiology Virulence Factors/metabolism,physiology
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins Fungal Proteins RNA-Binding Proteins Viral Proteins Virulence Factors Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex ATP dependent 26S protease
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Speth Elena Bray
Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Lee Young Nam
He Sheng Yang
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Article Info
Journal
Current opinion in plant biology
Abbr.
Curr Opin Plant Biol
ISSN
1369-5266
DOI
10.1016/j.pbi.2007.08.003
Published
2007-12-00
Epub
2007-00-19
Pages
580-6
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
100883395
PMCID
PMC2117358
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · R01 AI060761 · United States
NIAID NIH HHS · R01 AI060761-01A2 · United States
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