Abstract
Paradoxically, plant pathogens possess avirulence genes that render them avirulent in resistant hosts. In Cell Host & Microbe, Shan et al. (2008) show that the original role of the Pseudomonas syringae avirulence genes AvrPto and AvrPtoB is to target BAK1, a protein kinase important in hormone and innate immunity signaling.
MeSH terms
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Arabidopsis Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
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Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics
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Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
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Plant Diseases / immunology*
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Plant Diseases / microbiology
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Plants / immunology*
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Plants / microbiology
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Protein Binding
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Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
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Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism*
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Pseudomonas syringae / pathogenicity*
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Virulence Factors / genetics
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Virulence Factors / metabolism*
Substances
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Arabidopsis Proteins
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Bacterial Proteins
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Virulence Factors
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avrPto protein, Pseudomonas syringae
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BAK1 protein, Arabidopsis
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Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases