Comparative Genomics Yields Insights into Niche Adaptation of Plant Vascular Wilt Pathogens

The vascular wilt fungi Verticillium dahliae and V. albo-atrum infect over 200 plant species, causing billions of dollars in annual crop losses. The characteristic wilt symptoms are a result of colonization and proliferation of the pathogens in the xylem vessels, which undergo fluctuations in osmola...

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Main Authors: Klosterman, Steven J., Subbarao, Krishna V., Kang, Seogchan, Veronese, Paola, Gold, Scott E., Thomma, Bart P. H. J., Chen, Zehua, Henrissat, Bernard, Lee, Yong-Hwan, Park, Jongsun, Garcia-Pedrajas, Maria D., Barbara, Dez J., Anchieta, Amy, de Jonge, Ronnie, Santhanam, Parthasarathy, Maruthachalam, Karunakaran, Atallah, Zahi, Amyotte, Stefan G., Paz, Zahi, Inderbitzin, Patrik, Hayes, Ryan J., Heiman, David I., Young, Sarah, Zeng, Qiandong, Engels, Reinhard, Galagan, James, Cuomo, Christina A., Dobinson, Katherine F., Ma, Li-Jun
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145793/