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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue -, Pages 19-25Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.016
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- French Investissernents d'Avenir' program [ANR-11-LABX-0002-01]
- INRA
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For years, the study of rust fungal effectors has been impeded by the lack of molecular genetic tools in rust pathosystems. The recent use of heterologous plants to perform effector screens (effectoromics) - including effector localisation (cellular targets) and protein interactors (molecular targets) in plant cells - has changed the game. These screens revealed that many candidate effectors from various rust fungi target specific plant cell compartments, including chloroplasts, and associate with specific plant protein complexes. Such information represents unparalleled opportunities to understand how effectors sustain extreme parasitic interactions and obligate biotrophy. Despite their limitations, we here portray how the use of heterologous expression systems has been essential for gaining new insight into rust effectors.
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