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Functional diversification gave rise to allelic specialization in a rice NLR immune receptor pair.
eLife - 16 Nov 2021
De la Concepcion Juan Carlos, Vega Benjumea Javier, Bialas Aleksandra, Terauchi Ryohei, Kamoun Sophien, Banfield Mark J
Abstract excerpt
Cooperation between receptors from the nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeats (NLR) superfamily is important for intracellular activation of immune responses. NLRs can function in pairs that, upon pathogen recognition, trigger hypersensitive cell death and stop pathogen invasion. Natural selection drives specialization of host immune receptors towards an optimal response, whilst keeping a tight regulation of...
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