Diverse Members of the AvrBs3/PthA Family of Type III Effectors Are Major Virulence Determinants in Bacterial Blight Disease of Rice

AvrXa7 is a member of the avBs3/pthA gene family and the only known type III secretion system effector gene from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae with a major contribution to bacterial growth and lesion formation in bacterial blight disease of rice. We examined the general requirement for effectors of...

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Main Authors: Bing Yang, Frank F. White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2004-11-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.11.1192