植物寄生线虫在侵染寄主过程中分泌许多与寄生相关的蛋白,这一类蛋白称为效应蛋白,这些效应蛋白在植物细胞内发挥各种作用,从而有利于线虫侵染、寄生和生长发育。研究这些效应蛋白的功能对于掌握线虫侵染植物的分子机理非常重要,也是寻找新的植物线虫病害防治方法的理论基础。对目前应用于研究植物寄生线虫效应蛋白功能的主要方法进行了概述。
Plant-parasitic nematodes secreted numerous effectors during infection and parasitism stages. These effectors play various roles within the plant cells, facilitating growth and development of nematodes. Functional analysis of effector proteins is important to understand the interactions between nematodes and hosts, which will provide the scientific foundation for the new nematode control strategy. The main methods used in function analysis of effectors from plant-parasitic nematodes were summarized.