title: Pathogens drop the hint: don't forget phytoalexin pathways.
abstract: Many effectors secreted by pathogenic bacteria suppress host signal transduction pathways that activate host defense responses. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Zhou et al. (2011) now broaden that theme by demonstrating that HopZ1b from Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea causes degradation of a host enzyme directly involved in the synthesis of antimicrobial phytoalexin compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: afbent@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bent