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A calmodulin-gated calcium channel links pathogen patterns to plant immunity

Wang Tian1, Congcong Hou1, Zhijie Ren2

  • 1Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Nature
|July 19, 2019
PubMed
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Plant immunity relies on calcium signals. Researchers found that cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGCs) form a calcium channel, activated by a kinase, to trigger plant defense responses upon pathogen detection.

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