Chitin-Binding Protein of Verticillium nonalfalfae Disguises Fungus from Plant Chitinases and Suppresses Chitin-Triggered Host Immunity

During fungal infections, plant cells secrete chitinases, which digest chitin in the fungal cell walls.The recognition of released chitin oligomers via lysin motif (LysM)-containing immune host receptors results in the activation of defense signaling pathways.We report here that Verticillium nonalfalfae, a hemibiotrophic xylem-invading fungus, prev

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Gallancyra gen. nov. (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera), with an overview of the geographical distribution of chewing lice parasitizing chicken

The geographical range of the typically host-specific species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera) is often assumed to be similar to that of their hosts.We tested this assumption by reviewing the published records of twelve species of chewing lice parasitizing wild and domestic chicken, one of few bird species that occurs globally.We found that of the tw

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The difference that the institutional environment makes: Leveraging coordination to balance platform dominance, mutuality and autonomy in geographically fragmented hospitality labour markets

It has been argued that digital platform firms leverage their position at spatial bottlenecks in such a fashion so as to Wild Lettuce allow operations in local labour markets while at the same time insulating themselves from the regulatory provisions that govern those local markets.This is not necessarily a stable condition, but as long as platform

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