Article
Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception.
Nature - 15 Apr 2004
Zipfel Cyril, Robatzek Silke, Navarro Lionel, Oakeley Edward J, Jones Jonathan D G, Felix Georg, Boller Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Plants and animals recognize microbial invaders by detecting pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) such as flagellin. However, the importance of flagellin perception for disease resistance has, until now, not been demonstrated. Here we show that treatment of plants with flg22, a peptide representing the elicitor-active epitope of flagellin, induces the expression of numerous defence-related genes and...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Cell Extracts
- Flagellin
- Immunity, Innate
- Mutation
- Plant Diseases
- Plant Growth Regulators
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Protein Kinases
- Pseudomonas syringae