New phytoplasma effector: 50 shades of green

Alexandra C U Furch; Günter Theißen; Matthias R Zimmermann

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2021.10.008

New phytoplasma effector: 50 shades of green

Cell Host Microbe. 2021 Nov 10;29(11):1601-1603. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.10.008.

Authors

Alexandra C U Furch¹, Günter Theißen², Matthias R Zimmermann³

Affiliations

¹ Plant Physiology, Matthias Schleiden Institute for Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Faculty of Biological Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: alexandra.furch@uni-jena.de.
² Genetics, Matthias Schleiden Institute for Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Faculty of Biological Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.
³ Plant Physiology, Matthias Schleiden Institute for Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Faculty of Biological Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.

PMID: 34762824
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.10.008

Abstract

Phytoplasmas are pathogenic bacteria that manipulate their plant hosts in dramatic ways. In issue 20 Vol. 184 of Cell, Huang and colleagues report on a phytoplasma effector protein that brings about manifold effects by a surprising mechanism. Are resistant plants on the horizon now?

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MeSH terms

Phytoplasma*
Plant Diseases
Plants