Draft genome sequences have been determined for the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae and the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. Oomycetes such as these Phytophthora species share the kingdom Stramenopila with photosynthetic algae such as diatoms, and the presence of many Phytophthora genes of probable phototroph origin supports a photosynthetic ancestry for the stramenopiles. Comparison of the two species' genomes reveals a rapid expansion and diversification of many protein families associated with plant infection such as hydrolases, ABC transporters, protein toxins, proteinase inhibitors, and, in particular, a superfamily of 700 proteins with similarity to known oomycete avirulence genes.
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Phytophthora genome sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of pathogenesis
Science, Vol.313(5791), pp.1261-1266
01/Sep/2006
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- Phytophthora genome sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of pathogenesis
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- Brett M. Tyler (Corresponding Author) - Virginia TechSucheta Tripathy (null) - Virginia TechXuemin Zhang (null) - Virginia TechParamvir Dehal (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteRays H. Y. Jiang (null) - Virginia TechAndrea Aerts (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteFelipe D. Arredondo (null) - Virginia TechLaura Baxter (null) - University of WarwickDouda Bensasson (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteJim L. Beynon (null) - University of WarwickJarrod Chapman (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteCynthia M. B. Damasceno (null) - Cornell UniversityAnne E. Dorrance (null) - Ohio State University (United States, Wooster)Daolong Dou (null) - Virginia TechAllan W. Dickerman (null) - Virginia TechInna L. Dubchak (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteMatteo Garbelotto (null) - University of California, BerkeleyMark Gijzen (null) - Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada (Canada, Ottawa) - AAFCStuart G. Gordon (null) - Ohio State University (United States, Wooster)Francine Govers (null) - Wageningen University & ResearchNiklaus J. Grunwald (null) - Horticultural Crops Research LaboratoryWayne Huang (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteKelly L. Ivors (null) - University of California, BerkeleyRichard W. Jones (null) - 41___BELTSVILLE_AGRICULTURAL_RESEARCH_CENTER_(BELTSVILLE)Sophien Kamoun (null) - Ohio State University (United States, Wooster)Konstantinos Krampis (null) - Virginia TechKurt H. Lamour (null) - University of Tennessee SystemMi-Kyung Lee (null) - Texas A&M University System (United States, College Station)W. Hayes McDonald (null) - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryMonica Medina (null) - University of California, MercedHarold J. G. Meijer (null) - Wageningen University & ResearchEric K. Nordberg (null) - Virginia TechDonald J. Maclean (null) - University of QueenslandManuel D. Ospina-Giraldo (null) - Wilkes UniversityPaul F. Morris (null) - Bowling Green State UniversityVipaporn Phuntumart (null) - Bowling Green State UniversityNicholas H. Putnam (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteSam Rash (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteJocelyn K. C. Rose (null) - Cornell UniversityYasuko Sakihama (null) - Hokkaido UniversityAsaf A. Salamov (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteAlon Savidor (null) - The Weizmann Institute of ScienceChantel F. Scheuring (null) - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryBrian M. Smith (null) - Virginia TechBruno W. S. Sobral (null) - Virginia TechAstrid Terry (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteTrudy A. Torto-Alalibo (null) - Virginia TechJoe Win (null) - Ohio State University (United States, Wooster)Zhanyou Xu (null) - Texas A&M University System (United States, College Station)Hongbin Zhang (null) - Texas A&M University System (United States, College Station)Igor V. Grigoriev (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteDaniel S. Rokhsar (null) - Joint BioEnergy InstituteJeffrey L. Boore (null) - Joint BioEnergy Institute
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- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Science, Vol.313(5791), pp.1261-1266; 01/Sep/2006
- Number of pages
- 6
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- English
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- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128796
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- 993263994803596
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