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Horizontal transfer of a conserved npc-2 like effector gene in rust fungi that suppresses cell death in plants
R. Jaswal, H. Dubey, K. Kiran…·T. Sharma
The paper identifies a horizontally transferred NPC2-like effector gene from rust fungi that suppresses plant cell death by lipid binding, showing functional conservation with animal NPC2 proteins.
DOI 10.1101/2021.08.18.456830