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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Language: | English |
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The American Phytopathological Society
2004-11-01
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Series: | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions |
Online Access: | https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.11.1192 |