title: Recent progress in discovery and functional analysis of effector proteins of fungal and oomycete plant pathogens.
abstract: Plant-pathogen interactions involve processes of pathogen offence, host defence and pathogen counter-attack that are commonly played out using molecules secreted by hosts and pathogens. Secreted pathogen molecules involved in these events, referred to as 'effectors', function either in the plant extracellular space (apoplast) or inside of plant cells after translocation from the pathogen. These molecules have evolved as virulence factors that can be detected by polymorphic host resistance proteins. Advances are being made in the identification and in understanding the evolution of effectors and of host uptake signals used by eukaryotic effectors to enter host cells.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. jeff.ellis@csiro.au
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rafiqi
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Apratim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Dodds
mesh_terms: D020418:Algal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D009868:Oomycetes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D010944:Plants / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D020418:Algal Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors