Zoospore interspecific signaling promotes plant infection by Phytophthora |
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| Authors: | Ping Kong Brett M Tyler Patricia A Richardson Bobby WK Lee Zhaohui S Zhou Chuanxue Hong |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,USA;2.Virginia Bioinformatics Institute,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,Blacksburg,USA;3.The Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,Northeastern University,Boston,USA |
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| Abstract: | Background Oomycetes attack a huge variety of economically and ecologically important plants. These pathogens release, detect and respond to signal molecules to coordinate their communal behaviors including the infection process. When signal molecules are present at or above threshold level, single zoospores can infect plants. However, at the beginning of a growing season population densities of individual species are likely below those required to reach a quorum and produce threshold levels of signal molecules to trigger infection. It is unclear whether these molecules are shared among related species and what their chemistries are. |
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