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Effectors breaking down the lignin fortress

Singh et al. reveal how the effector ArPEC25 renders chickpea susceptible to a necrotrophic pathogen by targeting the transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulating the accumulation of lignin.  Shreenivas Kumar Singh, Kamal Kumar, Praveen Kumar Verma Background: Adapted pathogens exploit…

An oomycete peptide cytolysin forms transient small pores in lipid membranes (Sci. Adv.)

NLPs (Necrosis and ethylene-inducing peptide 1–like proteins) are small peptides produced by a variety of plant pathogens. Some NLPs are cytolysins meaning that they trigger lysis of their target cells. Here, Pirc et al. use an assortment of tools including molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, neutron…