The art of mimicry: How a plant NLR outwits fungal effectors
Zian Ye1, Yonglin Wu1, Xiaoyuan Li2
1State Key Laboratory of Wetland Conservation and Restoration, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
Abstract:
In a recent issue of Science, Gómez De La Cruz et al.1 describe that the barley immune receptor MLA3 recognizes a fungal effector by mimicking the binding interface of its host virulence target, expanding the concept of molecular mimicry and redefining NLR receptor evolution, as well as providing new insight into NLR engineering in crops.
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