Transposon-Mediated Horizontal Transfer of the Host-Specific Virulence Protein ToxA between Three Fungal Wheat Pathogens

Transposon-Mediated Horizontal Transfer of the Host-Specific Virulence Protein ToxA between Three Fungal Wheat Pathogens

This work dissects the tripartite horizontal transfer of ToxA, a gene that has a direct negative impact on global wheat yields. Defining the extent of horizontally transferred DNA is important because it can provide clues to the mechanisms that facilitate HGT. Our analysis of ToxA and its surroundin...

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Main Authors: Megan C. McDonald, Adam P. Taranto, Erin Hill, Benjamin Schwessinger, Zhaohui Liu, Steven Simpfendorfer, Andrew Milgate, Peter S. Solomon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-09-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
horizontal transfer
transposon
fungal wheat pathogen
adaptive evolution
toxa
fungal pathogen
wheat pathogen
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01515-19

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01515-19

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