TY - JOUR AU - Guzmán-Guzmán, Paulina AU - Alemán-Duarte, Mario Iván AU - Delaye, Luis AU - Herrera-Estrella, Alfredo AU - Olmedo-Monfil, Vianey PY - 2017 DA - 2017/02/15 TI - Identification of effector-like proteins in Trichoderma spp. and role of a hydrophobin in the plant-fungus interaction and mycoparasitism JO - BMC Genetics SP - 16 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Trichoderma spp. can establish beneficial interactions with plants by promoting plant growth and defense systems, as well as, antagonizing fungal phytopathogens in mycoparasitic interactions. Such interactions depend on signal exchange between both participants and can be mediated by effector proteins that alter the host cell structure and function, allowing the establishment of the relationship. The main purpose of this work was to identify, using computational methods, candidates of effector proteins from T. virens, T. atroviride and T. reesei, validate the expression of some of the genes during a beneficial interaction and mycoparasitism and to define the biological function for one of them. SN - 1471-2156 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-017-0481-y DO - 10.1186/s12863-017-0481-y ID - Guzmán-Guzmán2017 ER -