10.7554/eLife.00790.001 While host immune receptors detect pathogen-associated molecular
patterns to activate immunity, pathogens attempt to deregulate host immunity through …

Chitin‐binding lysin motif (LysM) effectors contribute to the virulence of various plant‐pathogenic
fungi that are causal agents of foliar diseases. Here, we report the LysM effectors of the …

Plants trigger immune responses upon recognition of fungal cell wall chitin, followed by the
release of various antimicrobials, including chitinase enzymes that hydrolyze chitin. In turn, …

Background To improve anti-doping efforts in sports, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
introduced the World Anti-Doping Program, in which (among others) regulations for …

Verticillium wilts caused by soilborne fungal species of the Verticillium genus are economically
important plant diseases that affect a wide range of host plants and are notoriously …

… Fundus autofluorescence images of the right (A–C) and left (D–F) eye of a Stargardt patient
with asymmetrical foveal sparing. Multifocal areas of RPE atrophy (A) develop and coalesce …

Purpose: To investigate the role of two deep-intronic ABCA4 variants, that showed a mild
splice defect in vitro and can occur on the same allele as the low penetrant c. 5603A> T, in …

Soil-borne vascular wilt diseases caused by Verticillium spp. are among the most destructive
diseases worldwide in a wide range of plant species. The most effective means of …

Purpose: To describe the phenotypic spectrum of retinal disease caused by the c. 2991+
1655A> G mutation in CEP290 and to compare disease severity between homozygous and …

… A 3 –D 3 , Foveal OCT scan lines corresponding to the FAF images revealing extensive
outer retinal degeneration corresponding to hypoautofluorescence on FAF. A foveal-sparing …