WeCoNET: a host-pathogen interactome database for deciphering crucial molecular networks of wheat-common bunt cross-talk mechanisms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Triticum aestivum is the most important staple food grain of the world. In recent years, the outbreak of a major seed-borne disease, common bunt, in wheat resulted in reduced quality and quantity of the crop. The disease is caused by two fungal pathogens, Tilletia caries and Tilletia laevis, which show high similarity to each other in terms of life cycle, germination, and disease symptoms. The host-pathogen protein-protein interactions play a crucial role in initiating the disease infection mechanism as well as in plant defense responses. Due to the availability of limited information on Tilletia species, the elucidation of infection mechanisms is hampered.

Results

We constructed a database WeCoNET ( http://bioinfo.usu.edu/weconet/ ), providing functional annotati

SUBMITTER: Kataria R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9164323 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature