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In Silico Identification and Characterization of Effector Catalogs

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 835))

Abstract

Many characterized fungal effector proteins are small secreted proteins. Effectors are defined as those proteins that alter host cell structure and/or function by facilitating pathogen infection. The identification of effectors by molecular and cell biology techniques is a difficult task. However, with the availability of whole-genome sequences, these proteins can now be predicted in silico. Here, we describe in detail how to identify and characterize effectors from a defined fungal proteome using in silico techniques.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by a Vidi grant of the Research Council for Earth and Life Sciences (ALW) of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), by the European Research Area–Network (ERA-NET) Plant Genomics and by the Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG), which is part of the Netherlands Genomics Initiative and NWO.

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  1. Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Ronnie de Jonge

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  1. Northern Crops Science Laboratory, USDA-ARS, North 18th Street 1307, Fargo, 58105-5677, North Dakota, USA

    Melvin D. Bolton

  2. Lab. Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708 PB, Netherlands

    Bart P.H.J. Thomma

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de Jonge, R. (2012). In Silico Identification and Characterization of Effector Catalogs. In: Bolton, M., Thomma, B. (eds) Plant Fungal Pathogens. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 835. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-501-5_25

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