Abstract
Plant pathogen effectors have now been shown to mimic plant transcription factors and turn on genes that help the pathogen. Some plants, however, have evolved to use these pathogen-derived transcription factors to turn on defence.
MeSH terms
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics
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Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
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Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
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Host-Pathogen Interactions
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Mutation
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Plant Diseases / microbiology*
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Plants / microbiology
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Transcription Factors / genetics
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Transcription Factors / metabolism
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Xanthomonas / physiology
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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Transcription Factors