The SWEET (sugars will eventually be exported transporter) family was identified as a new
class of sugar transporters that function as bidirectional uniporters/facilitators and facilitate …

Rice feeds more than half of the world's population. Rice blast, caused by the fungal
pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, and bacterial blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen …

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), the causal agent of bacterial blight of rice, employs
the transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) to induce the expression of the OsSWEET …

Bacterial blight of rice is caused by the γ‐proteobacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae,
which utilizes a group of type III TAL (transcription activator‐like) effectors to induce host …

False smut of rice, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, has become one of the most important
diseases in rice-growing regions worldwide. The disease causes a significant yield loss and …

Many intercellular solute transport processes require an apoplasmic step, that is, efflux from
one cell and subsequent uptake by an adjacent cell. Cellular uptake transporters have been …

Bacterial plant‐pathogenic Xanthomonas strains translocate transcription activator‐like
(TAL) effectors into plant cells to function as specific transcription factors. Only a few plant …

Transcription activator‐like (TAL) effectors are type III‐delivered transcription factors that
enhance the virulence of plant pathogenic Xanthomonas species through the activation of …

Plant breeders have developed crop plants that are resistant to pests, but the continual
evolution of pathogens creates the need to iteratively develop new control strategies …

Sugars are the major source of energy in living organisms and play important roles in
osmotic regulation, cell signaling and energy storage. SWEETs (Sugars Will Eventually be …