Li, Xueyi


Publications
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A “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus”-secreted polypeptide suppresses plant immune responses in Nicotiana benthamiana and Citrus sinensis

Citation
Shen et al. (2022). Frontiers in Plant Science 13
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), known as the most economically devastating disease in citrus industry, is mainly caused by phloem-restricted Gram-negative bacterium “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” (CLas). To date, CLas is still unculturable in vitro, which has been dramatically delaying the research on its pathogenesis, and only few Sec-dependent effectors (SDEs) have been identified to elucidate the pathogenesis of CLas. Here, we confirmed that a CLas-secreted Sec-dependent polypeptide, namely