title: RXLR effectors of plant pathogenic oomycetes.
abstract: Oomycetes are a phylogenetically distinct group of organisms that include some of the most devastating plant pathogens. Recent characterization of four oomycete Avr genes revealed that they encode effector proteins with a common modular structure, including a N-terminal conserved RXLR motif. Several lines of evidence initially indicated, with support from more recent works, that these Avr proteins are secreted by the pathogen and then translocated into the host cell during infection. In addition to elucidating the machinery required for host-cell transport, future works remain to determine the myriad virulence functions of oomycete RXLR effector proteins.
authors: Department of Biology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, USA.
authors: William
authors: W
authors: Morgan
authors: Sophien
authors: S
authors: Kamoun
mesh_terms: D020418:Algal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D009868:Oomycetes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D020418:Algal Proteins