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A type III-secreted Xanthomonas effector mimics eukaryotic microtubule binding to affect plant cytoskeleton.
A confocal image of a Nicotiana benthamiana epidermis cell expressing XopL (yellow), an effector derived from the plant pathogen Xanthomonas euvesicatoria. XopL localizes to, and typically destroys the microtubule network, but microtubules have been partially rescued in this cell through treatments with the microtubule stabilizing drug taxol. The chloroplasts are visible in magenta. Ortmann et al
Image Credit: Jessica Lee Erickson
Citation: (2023) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 19(8) September 2023. PLoS Pathog 19(8): ev19.i08. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v19.i08
Published: September 6, 2023
Copyright: © 2023 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
A confocal image of a Nicotiana benthamiana epidermis cell expressing XopL (yellow), an effector derived from the plant pathogen Xanthomonas euvesicatoria. XopL localizes to, and typically destroys the microtubule network, but microtubules have been partially rescued in this cell through treatments with the microtubule stabilizing drug taxol. The chloroplasts are visible in magenta. Ortmann et al
Image Credit: Jessica Lee Erickson