The genome and lifestage-specific transcriptomes of a plant-parasitic nematode and its host reveal susceptibility genes involved in trans-kingdom synthesis of vitamin B.
Shahid Siddique, Zoran S. Radaković, Clarissa Hiltl, Clément Pellegrin, Thomas J. Baum, Helen L. Beasley, Andrew F. Bent, Oliver Chitambo, Divykriti Chopra, Étienne Danchin, Éric Grenier, Samer S. Habash, M. Shamim Hasan, Johannes Helder, Tarek Hewezi, , Sebastian Eves‐van den Akker
The paper identifies susceptibility genes involved in trans-kingdom vitamin B synthesis between a plant-parasitic nematode and its host, revealing a horizontal gene transfer critical for parasitism.
Nature Communications · Oct 19, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetics