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A tomato cysteine protease required for Cf-2-dependent disease resistance and suppression of autonecrosis.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 26 Apr 2002
Krüger Julia, Thomas Colwyn M, Golstein Catherine, Dixon Mark S, Smoker Matthew, Tang Saijun, Mulder Lonneke, Jones Jonathan D G
Abstract excerpt
Little is known of how plant disease resistance (R) proteins recognize pathogens and activate plant defenses. Rcr3 is specifically required for the function of Cf-2, a Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium gene bred into cultivated tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum. R...
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