Verticillium dahliae CFEM proteins manipulate host immunity and differentially contribute to virulence.
Dan WangDan-Dan ZhangJian SongJun-Jiao LiJun WangRan LiSteven J KlostermanZhi-Qiang KongFa-Zhuang LinXiao-Feng DaiKrishna V SubbaraoJie-Yin ChenPublished in: BMC biology (2022)
In the iron-insufficient xylem, V. dahliae is likely to employ the Asp-type CFEM members to chelate iron, and Asn-type CFEM members to suppress immunity, for successful colonization and propagation in host plants.