title: Xanthomonas and the TAL Effectors: Nature's Molecular Biologist.
abstract: Agrobacterium, due to the transfer of T-DNA to the host genome, is known as nature's genetic engineer. Once again, bacteria have led the way to newfound riches in biotechnology. Xanthomonas has emerged as nature's molecular biologist as the functional domains of the sequence-specific DNA transcription factors known as TAL effectors were characterized and associated with the cognate disease susceptibility and resistance genes of plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Fifield Hall, 110680, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0680, USA. ffwhite@ufl.edu.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods*; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014974:Xanthomonas / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C036483:T-DNA; D015534:Trans-Activators
keywords: AvrBs3; Bs3; Os8N3/OsSWEET11; PthA; TAL effector; UPA20; Xa27