Characterization of necrosis-inducing NLP proteins in Phytophthora capsici.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effector proteins function not only as toxins to induce plant cell death, but also enable pathogens to suppress or evade plant defense responses. NLP-like proteins are considered to be effector proteins, and they have been isolated from bacteria, fungi, and oomycete plant pathogens. There is increasing evidence that NLPs have the ability to induce cell death and ethylene accumulation in plants.

Results

We evaluated the expression patterns of 11 targeted PcNLP genes by qRT-PCR at different time points after infection by P. capsici. Several PcNLP genes were strongly expressed at the early stages in the infection process, but the expression of other PcNLP genes gradually increased to a maximum at late stages of infection. The genes PcNLP2, PcNLP6 and PcNLP14 showed t

SUBMITTER: Feng BZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4023171 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature