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Characterization of temperature and light effects on the defense response phenotypes associated with the maize Rp1-D21 autoactive resistance gene.
BMC plant biology - 26 Jul 2013
Negeri Adisu, Wang Guan-Feng, Benavente Larissa, Kibiti Cromwell M, Chaikam Vijay, Johal Guri, Balint-Kurti Peter
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BACKGROUND: Rp1 is a complex locus of maize, which carries a set of genes controlling race-specific resistance to the common rust fungus, Puccinia sorghi. The resistance response includes the "Hypersensitive response" (HR), a rapid response triggered by a pathogen recognition event that includes localized cell death at the point of pathogen penetration and the induction of pathogenesis associated genes. The...
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