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Arabidopsis and the plant immune system
Author(s) -
Nishimura Marc T.,
Dangl Jeffery L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the plant journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.058
H-Index - 269
eISSN - 1365-313X
pISSN - 0960-7412
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04131.x
Subject(s) - arabidopsis , arabidopsis thaliana , biology , plant system , plant disease resistance , computational biology , genome , agriculture , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , genetics , ecology , mutant
Summary Understanding the fundamental mechanisms of plant disease resistance is of central importance to sustainable agriculture and human health. Use of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana has resulted in an explosion of information regarding both disease resistance and susceptibility to pathogens. The last 20 years of research have demonstrated the commonalities between Arabidopsis and crop species. In this review, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome, we will address some of the insights derived from the use of Arabidopsis as a model plant pathology system.