title: Identification of an elicitin gene cluster in Phytophthora cinnamomi.
abstract: Elicitins are a group of highly conserved proteins secreted by species of Phytophthora and a species of the related genus Pythium, Pythium vexans. Some of these proteins act as inducers of the necrotic hypersensitive-like response and the associated systemic acquired resistance phenomenon, in some species. We cloned and characterised the cinnamomin-beta and -alpha genes and two related elicitin genes from Phytophthora cinnamomi. These four open reading frames (ORFs) are clustered in tandem pairs. Two out of these four genes present homologies with the basic and acidic elicitin groups; but the two others encode, if expressed, elicitin isoforms exhibiting homologies with the class II of highly acidic elicitins.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica, Quinta do Marquês, Oeiras, Portugal.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duclos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fauconnier
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bollen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cravador
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Godfroid
mesh_terms: D020418:Algal Proteins; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D010838:Phytophthora / Q000235:genetics*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D054790:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D020418:Algal Proteins; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011506:Proteins; D054790:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2; C085101:elicitin, Phytophthora; C061930:cinnamomin, Phytophthora cinnamomi