The Rice Locus Is a Bidirectional Target of the African pv. Major Transcription Activator-like Effector TalC but Does Not Contribute to Disease Susceptibility.

pv. () strains that cause bacterial leaf blight (BLB) limit rice () production and require breeding more resistant varieties. Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) activate transcription to promote leaf colonization by binding to specific plant host DNA sequences termed effector binding elements (EBEs).

Characterization of New Races of pv. in Mali Informs Resistance Gene Deployment.

Bacterial leaf blight caused by pv. represents a severe threat to rice cultivation in Mali. Characterizing the pathotypic diversity of bacterial populations is key to the management of pathogen-resistant varieties.

A Pathovar of Infecting Wild Grasses Provides Insight Into the Evolution of Pathogenicity in Rice Agroecosystems.

() are globally important rice pathogens. Virulent lineages from Africa and Asia and less virulent strains from the United States have been well characterized. pv.

Efficient enrichment cloning of TAL effector genes from .

Many plant-pathogenic xanthomonads use a type III secretion system to translocate Transcription Activator-Like (TAL) effectors into eukaryotic host cells where they act as transcription factors. Target genes are induced upon binding of a TAL effector to double-stranded DNA in a sequence-specific manner. DNA binding is governed by a highly repetitive protein domain, which consists of an array of nearly identical repeats of ca.

Functional and Genome Sequence-Driven Characterization of Effector Gene Repertoires Reveals Novel Variants With Altered Specificities in Closely Related Malian pv. Strains.

Rice bacterial leaf blight (BLB) is caused by pv. () which injects Transcription Activator-Like Effectors (TALEs) into the host cell to modulate the expression of target disease susceptibility genes. major-virulence TALEs universally target susceptibility genes of the SWEET sugar transporter family.