Plant Pathogen Effectors: Getting Mixed Messages
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Plant pathogen effectors have now been shown to mimic plant transcription factors and turn on genes that help the pathogen. Some plants, however, have evolved to use these pathogen-derived transcription factors to turn on defence.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008