The pangenome of the wheat pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis reveals novel transposons associated with necrotrophic effectors ToxA and ToxB

Abstract Background In fungal plant pathogens, genome rearrangements followed by selection pressure for adaptive traits have facilitated the co-evolutionary arms race between hosts and their pathogens. Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Ptr) has emerged recently as a foliar pathogen of wheat worldwide an...

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Main Authors: Ryan Gourlie, Megan McDonald, Mohamed Hafez, Rodrigo Ortega-Polo, Kristin E. Low, D. Wade Abbott, Stephen E. Strelkov, Fouad Daayf, Reem Aboukhaddour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01433-w