An Immunity-Triggering Effector from the Barley Smut Fungus Ustilago hordei Resides in an Ustilaginaceae-Specific Cluster Bearing Signs of Transposable Element-Assisted Evolution

• Shawkat Ali,

  Current address: Center for Desert Agriculture Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  Affiliations Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• John D. Laurie,

  Current address: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Center for Plant Science Innovation, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

  Affiliations Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Rob Linning,

  Affiliation Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada

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• José Antonio Cervantes-Chávez,

  Current address: Unidad de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada, Campus Aeropuerto, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, México

  Affiliation Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada

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• Denis Gaudet,

  Affiliation Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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• Guus Bakkeren

  * E-mail: guus.bakkeren@agr.gc.ca

  Affiliation Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada

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