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Function of Rab GTPases in Regulating the Development, Protein Secretion and Virulence of Fungi

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Post-harvest Pathology

Part of the book series: Plant Pathology in the 21st Century ((ICPP,volume 7))

Abstract

Rab GTPases are small guanosine triphosphatases with organelle-specific localization, and very stable in size in fungi, ranging from 8 to 12 in most of the sequenced fungi. Extensive studies about Rab GTPases in model eukaryotic cells indicated that they are master regulators of membrane trafficking, responsible for many essential processes including exocytosis, endocytosis and cellular differentiation. However, the function of Rab GTPases in fungi, especially in the plant pathogenic fungi, needs to be explored in recent. Here, we mainly summarize the research advances on the function of Rab GTPases in the life progress of fungi.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan Nanxincun 20, Haidian District, Beijing, 100093, China

    Shiping Tian, Zhanquan Zhang & Guozheng Qin

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  1. Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, Agricultural Research Organization Dept., Bet-Dagan, Israel

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  2. in campo agro-ambientale, Università degli Studi di Torino Competenza per l'Innovazione, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy

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Tian, S., Zhang, Z., Qin, G. (2014). Function of Rab GTPases in Regulating the Development, Protein Secretion and Virulence of Fungi. In: Prusky, D., Gullino, M. (eds) Post-harvest Pathology. Plant Pathology in the 21st Century, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07701-7_1

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