Thaumatin-like proteins and a cysteine protease inhibitor secreted by the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus induce cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana

• Haru Kirino,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Kohki Yoshimoto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Ryoji Shinya

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shinya@meiji.ac.jp

  Affiliations School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, JST PRESTO, Kanagawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2450-3054

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