Defining the repertoire of fungal effector proteins deployed during plant infection
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYan et al. explore the changes in gene expression that take place during rice blast disease.
By Xia Yan and Nick Talbot from The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
Background: The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes a devastating disease that threatens global rice (Oryza sativa) production, destroying…