The Botrytis cinerea early secretome.

ABSTRACT: The extracellular proteome, or secretome, of phytopathogenic fungi is presumed to be a key element of their infection strategy. Especially interesting constituents of this set are those proteins secreted at the beginning of the infection, during the germination of conidia on the plant surfaces or wounds, since they may play essential roles in the establishment of a successful infection. We have germinated Botrytis cinerea conidia in conditions that resemble the plant environment, a synthetic medium enriched with low molecular weight plant compounds, and we have collected the proteins secreted during the first 16 h by a double precipitation protocol. 2-D electrophoresis of the precipitated secretome showed a spot pattern similar for all conditions evaluated and for the control medium withou

SUBMITTER: Espino JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3983782 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature