Plant BiologybioRxiv
Regressive evolution of an effector following a host jump in the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Lineage
E. K. Zess, Y. F. Dagdas, E. Peers…·S. Kamoun
The paper shows that a key functional motif in the effector PexRD54 of Phytophthora mirabilis degenerated after a host jump, leading to reduced interaction with host ATG8 proteins.
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010918