Molecular Plant Pathology (Hardcover)

Fungal Pathogenicity - Establishing Infection, P.V. Balhadere and N.J. TalbotIntroductionThe Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe griseaThe Onset of Infection: Infection Court Preparation and Appressorium DifferentiationAppressorium-Mediated Plant InfectionThe Plant Response to Infection: Resistance and Susceptibility Signal Transduction Pathways Mediating Plant InfectionFuture Exploration of Signaling Mechanisms in M. griseaConclusionsBacterial Pathogenicity, E. HuguetIntroductionTo Become a Successful PhytopathogenFeatures of the Hrp Type III Pathway that are Conserved with Type III Secretion Systems in Animal PathogensSpecific Aspects of Type III Protein Secretion in Plant Pathogenic BacteriaConcluding RemarksViral Pathogenicity, S. Nettleship and G.D. FosterIntroductionViral Gene FunctionsVirus-Host InteractionsVirus Interactions with Resistance GenesConclusions Genetic Analysis and Evolution of Plant Disease Resistance Genes, P.N. Dodds, G.J. Lawrence, A. Pryor, and J. EllisIntroductionFeatures of Cloned Resistance GenesControl of Resistance Gene SpecificityDo Resistance Proteins Interact Directly with Avirulence Determinants?Organization of Resistance Gene LociEvolution of Resistance Genes by Divergent SelectionEvolution of Resistance Genes by RecombinationConcluding RemarksResistance Genes and Resistance Protein Function, D.A. JonesIntroductionThe TIR DomainDo the NBS-LRR Plant Resistant Proteins Lacking an N-Terminal Domain Form a Distinct Group of Related Proteins?The NBS Domain is a Regulatory Motif Shared by Resistance Proteins in Plants, Apoptotic Proteins in Animals and Pleiotropic Regulatory Proteins in Gram-Positive BacteriaNBS-LRR Proteins are Involved in Human Innate ImmunityDo the LRR Domains Perform More than One Function in Resistance Signaling?Relationship with MembranesDirect or Indirect Interaction with Avr Gene ProductsThe Relationship Between the Hypersensitive Response and Induction of PR Proteins in Plant Disease Resistance May Parallel that of Cell Death and Innate Immunity in AnimalsConclusionSignaling in Plant Disease Resistance, J.E. ParkerIntroductionResistance Proteins as Signaling MoleculesEarly Cellular ReprogrammingGenetic Dissection of Disease Resistance PathwaysConcluding RemarksProgrammed Cell Death in Plants in Response to Pathogen Attack, P.R. Birch, A.O. Avrova, A. Dellagi, C. Lacomme. S. Santa Cruz, and G.D. LyonIntroductionComparison of the Morphologies of Apoptosis in Animals and PCD in the Plant Hypersensitive ResponseComparison of the Molecular Bases of Apoptosis in Animals and PCD in the Plant Hypersensitive ResponseConclusion: is the Plant Hypersenstive Response Apoptosis?Systemic Acquired Resistance, C. BarkerIntroductionBiochemical Analysis of Systematic SignallingGenetic Analysis of the SAR PathwaySA/NPRI Independent Resistance PathwaysConcluding RemarksTransgenic Approaches to Disease-Resistant Plants as Exemplified by Viruses, J.A. WalshIntroductionPathogen-Derived Resistance to Plant VirusesProkaryotic GenesNon-Plant Eukaryotic GenesPlant GenesPerceived Risks Associated with Transgenic ResistanceConcluding RemarksEmerging Technologies and Their Application in the Study of Host-Pathogen Interaction, R.A. DietrichIntroductionGenetic ApproachesGenomics-Based ApproachesBioinformaticsConclusions Index