Nature Communications (May 2017)
TAL effector driven induction of a SWEET gene confers susceptibility to bacterial blight of cotton
- Kevin L. Cox,
- Fanhong Meng,
- Katherine E. Wilkins,
- Fangjun Li,
- Ping Wang,
- Nicholas J. Booher,
- Sara C. D. Carpenter,
- Li-Qing Chen,
- Hui Zheng,
- Xiquan Gao,
- Yi Zheng,
- Zhangjun Fei,
- John Z. Yu,
- Thomas Isakeit,
- Terry Wheeler,
- Wolf B. Frommer,
- Ping He,
- Adam J. Bogdanove,
- Libo Shan
Affiliations
- Kevin L. Cox
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University
- Fanhong Meng
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University
- Katherine E. Wilkins
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
- Fangjun Li
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University
- Ping Wang
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University
- Nicholas J. Booher
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
- Sara C. D. Carpenter
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
- Li-Qing Chen
- Department of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Hui Zheng
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
- Xiquan Gao
- Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University
- Yi Zheng
- Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University
- Zhangjun Fei
- Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University
- John Z. Yu
- USDA-ARS, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center
- Thomas Isakeit
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University
- Terry Wheeler
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University
- Wolf B. Frommer
- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Science
- Ping He
- Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University
- Adam J. Bogdanove
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
- Libo Shan
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15588
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Transcription activator-like effectors contribute to virulence of theXanthomonas strain responsible for bacterial blight in cotton. Here Cox et al. show that the XanthomonasAvrb6 effector induces expression of the cotton SWEET10 sugar transporter and that this induction promotes disease.
