A new family of structurally conserved fungal effectors displays epistatic interactions with plant resistance proteins
N. Lazar, C. H. Mesarich, Y. Petit-Houdenot, N. Talbi, I. Li de la Sierra-Gallay, E. Zelie, K. Blondeau, J. Gracy, B. Ollivier, F. Blaise, T. Rouxel, M.-H. Balesdent, A. Idnurm, H. van Tilbeurgh, I. Fudal
The paper identifies a new family of fungal effectors, LARS, that structurally resemble known avirulence effectors and can trigger or suppress plant resistance.
bioRxiv · Dec 17, 2020Plant Biology