Open AccessA Breakdown in Defense Signaling
Author(s) -
Peter N. Dodds,
Claus Schwechheimer
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.141330
Subject(s) - biology , pathogen , gene , r gene , plant disease resistance , genetics , encode , resistance (ecology) , ecology
One of the major mechanisms that plants use to escape disease involves a pathogen recognition system known as gene-for-gene resistance. This is controlled genetically by resistance ( R ) genes in plants, which encode proteins that recognize avirulence (Avr) products of an invading pathogen. Pathogen
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