A late blight effector promotes a plant growth and development pathway to antagonise immunity

ABSTRACT: To effectively manage resources, regulatory cross-talk between biological processes within an organism is essential. An emerging area in plant research focuses on antagonism between regulatory systems controlling growth/development and those governing immunity. Such crosstalk represents a point of vulnerability for pathogens to exploit. Here we show that the notorious potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans promotes a growth and development pathway in order to antagonise plant immunity. AVR2, an effector protein secreted by P. infestans, has been shown to interact with potato BSL1, a putative phosphatase implicated in brassinosteroid hormone signalling. Plants expressing AVR2 exhibit transcriptional and phenotypic overlaps with an over-active brassinosteroid signalling pathway, and h

INSTRUMENT(S): Agilent G2505B scanner

ORGANISM(S): Solanum tuberosum

SUBMITTER: Pete Hedley 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-3854 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress