Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Phytophthora genome sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of pathogenesis

  • Brett M. Tyler
  • , Sucheta Tripathy
  • , Xuemin Zhang
  • , Paramvir Dehal
  • , Rays H Y Jiang
  • , Andrea Aerts
  • , Felipe D. Arredondo
  • , Laura Baxter
  • , Douda Bensasson
  • , Jim L. Beynon
  • , Jarrod Chapman
  • , Cynthia M B Damasceno
  • , Anne E. Dorrance
  • , Daolong Dou
  • , Allan W. Dickerman
  • , Inna L. Dubchak
  • , Matteo Garbelotto
  • , Mark Gijzen
  • , Stuart G. Gordon
  • , Francine Govers
  • Niklaus J. Grunwald, Wayne Huang, Kelly L. Ivors, Richard W. Jones, Sophien Kamoun, Konstantinos Krampis, Kurt H. Lamour, Mi Kyung Lee, W. Hayes McDonald, Mónica Medina, Harold J G Meijer, Eric K. Nordberg, Donald J. Maclean, Manuel D. Ospina-Giraldo, Paul F. Morris, Vipaporn Phuntumart, Nicholas H. Putnam, Sam Rash, Jocelyn K C Rose, Yasuko Sakihama, Asaf A. Salamov, Alon Savidor, Chantel F. Scheuring, Brian M. Smith, Bruno W S Sobral, Astrid Terry, Trudy A. Torto-Alalibo, Joe Win, Zhanyou Xu, Hongbin Zhang, Igor V. Grigoriev, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Jeffrey L. Boore

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Abstract

    Draft genome sequences have been determined for the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae and the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. Oömycetes such as these Phytophthora species share the kingdom Stramenopila with photosynthetic algae such as diatoms, and the presence of many Phytophthora genes of probable phototroph origin supports a photosynthetic ancestry for the stramenopiles. Comparison of the two species' genomes reveals a rapid expansion and diversification of many protein families associated with plant infection such as hydrolases, ABC transporters, protein toxins, proteinase inhibitors, and, in particular, a superfamily of 700 proteins with similarity to known oömycete avirulence genes.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1261-1266
    Number of pages5
    JournalScience
    Volume313
    Issue number5791
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2006

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Phytophthora genome sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of pathogenesis'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this