To successfully infect plants, pathogens secrete effector proteins to the plant apoplast or
inside plant cells, where they suppress plant immunity or interfere with other cellular …

How pathogens coevolve with and adapt to their hosts are critical to understanding how host
jumps and/or acquisition of novel traits can lead to new disease emergences. The …

As a key virulence strategy to cause bacterial leaf blight, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
(Xoo) injects into the plant cell DNA‐binding proteins called transcription activator‐like …

The majority of plant disease resistance (R) genes encode proteins that share common
structural features. However, the transcription activator-like effector (TALE)-associated …

The gene-for-gene concept has historically been applied to describe a specific resistance
interaction wherein single genes from the host and the pathogen dictate the outcome. These …

Transcription activator‐like (TAL) effectors are type III‐delivered transcription factors that
enhance the virulence of plant pathogenic Xanthomonas species through the activation of …

Transcription activator-like (TAL) effectors from Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
(Xcm) are essential for bacterial blight of cotton (BBC). Here, by combining transcriptome …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in plant physiological activities. However, their
roles and molecular mechanisms in boosting plant immunity, especially through the …

Transcription activator‐like effectors (TALE s) from plant pathogenic Xanthomonas spp. and
the related Rip TAL s from Ralstonia solanacearum are DNA‐binding proteins with a …

Phytopathogenic bacteria possess an arsenal of effector proteins that enable them to
subvert host recognition and manipulate the host to promote pathogen fitness. The type III …