Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

An oomycete plant pathogen reprograms host pre-mRNA splicing to subvert immunity

  • Jie Huang,
  • Lianfeng Gu,
  • Ying Zhang,
  • Tingxiu Yan,
  • Guanghui Kong,
  • Liang Kong,
  • Baodian Guo,
  • Min Qiu,
  • Yang Wang,
  • Maofeng Jing,
  • Weiman Xing,
  • Wenwu Ye,
  • Zhe Wu,
  • Zhengguang Zhang,
  • Xiaobo Zheng,
  • Mark Gijzen,
  • Yuanchao Wang,
  • Suomeng Dong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02233-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Various effectors of plant pathogens modulate host cell biology. Here, Huang et al. show PsAvr3c, an avirulence effector from oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora sojae, can reprogram host pre-mRNA splicing for immune modulation.