title: A novel class of elicitin-like genes from Phytophthora infestans.
abstract: Elicitins are a family of structurally related proteins that induce hypersensitive response in specific plant species. Two Phytophthora infestans cDNAs, inf2A and inf2B, potentially encoding novel elicitin-like proteins, were isolated from a cDNA library made from infected potato tissue. Multiple sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses of 19 elicitins and elicitin-like proteins from nine Phytophthora spp. and from Pythium vexans suggest that there are at least five distinct classes within the elicitin family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Phytopathology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. Sophien.Kamoun@medew.fyto.wau.nl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamoun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lindqvist
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Govers
mesh_terms: D020418:Algal Proteins; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D010838:Phytophthora / Q000235:genetics*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D011506:Proteins; D011775:Pythium / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D020418:Algal Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009183:Mycotoxins; D011506:Proteins; C085101:elicitin, Phytophthora