Transposons to toxins: the provenance, architecture and diversification of a widespread class of eukaryotic effectors

Enzymatic effectors targeting nucleic acids, proteins and other cellular components are the mainstay of conflicts across life forms. Using comparative genomics we identify a large class of eukaryotic proteins, which include effectors from oomycetes, fungi and other parasites. The majority of these p...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Dapeng, Burroughs, A. Maxwell, Vidal, Newton D., Iyer, Lakshminarayan M., Aravind, L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857004/