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The allelic rice immune receptor Pikh confers extended resistance to strains of the blast fungus through a single polymorphism in the effector binding interface.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Mar 2021
De la Concepcion Juan Carlos, Maidment Josephine H R, Longya Apinya, Xiao Gui, Franceschetti Marina, Banfield Mark J
Abstract excerpt
Arms race co-evolution drives rapid adaptive changes in pathogens and in the immune systems of their hosts. Plant intracellular NLR immune receptors detect effectors delivered by pathogens to promote susceptibility, activating an immune response that halts colonization. As a consequence, pathogen effectors evolve to escape immune recognition and are highly variable. In turn, NLR receptors are one of the most...
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