Mechanism of Pto-Mediated Disease Resistance: Structural Analysis Provides a New Model
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Eckardt
Publication year - 2004
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.104.161010
Subject(s) - biology , pathogen , gene , mechanism (biology) , host (biology) , resistance (ecology) , genetics , race (biology) , plant disease resistance , disease , host resistance , arms race , computational biology , botany , ecology , immunology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , history , economic history
Race-specific disease resistance in plants typically requires the action of complementary genes in the pathogen and the host: a functional avirulence ( Avr ) gene in the pathogen and a corresponding resistance ( R ) gene in the host. There is solid evidence that Avr and R gene products influence
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