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SUBMITTER: Path2Models project
PROVIDER: BMID000000142552 | biostudies-other |
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): 24180668
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

PLoS pathogens 20110728 7
The vascular wilt fungi Verticillium dahliae and V. albo-atrum infect over 200 plant species, causing billions of dollars in annual crop losses. The characteristic wilt symptoms are a result of colonization and proliferation of the pathogens in the xylem vessels, which undergo fluctuations in osmolarity. To gain insights into the mechanisms that confer the organisms' pathogenicity and enable them to proliferate in the unique ecological niche of the plant vascular system, we sequenced the genomes ...[more]