Regulation of pattern recognition receptor signalling in plants

D Couto, C Zipfel - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016‏ - nature.com
Recognition of pathogen-derived molecules by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) is a
common feature of both animal and plant innate immune systems. In plants, PRR signalling …

CRISPR crops: plant genome editing toward disease resistance

T Langner, S Kamoun, K Belhaj - Annual review of …, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
Genome editing by sequence-specific nucleases (SSNs) has revolutionized biology by
enabling targeted modifications of genomes. Although routine plant genome editing …

NLR network mediates immunity to diverse plant pathogens

CH Wu, A Abd-El-Haliem, TO Bozkurt, K Belhaj… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - pnas.org
Both plants and animals rely on nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-
containing (NLR) proteins to respond to invading pathogens and activate immune …

Function, discovery, and exploitation of plant pattern recognition receptors for broad-spectrum disease resistance

F Boutrot, C Zipfel - Annual review of phytopathology, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
Plants are constantly exposed to would-be pathogens and pests, and thus have a
sophisticated immune system to ward off these threats, which otherwise can have …

NLR singletons, pairs, and networks: evolution, assembly, and regulation of the intracellular immunoreceptor circuitry of plants

H Adachi, L Derevnina, S Kamoun - Current opinion in plant biology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•NLRs may have evolved from singletons to pairs and networks.•Assembly of
immunoreceptor complexes is associated with NLR activation.•NLR (mis) regulation …

The two-speed genomes of filamentous pathogens: waltz with plants

S Dong, S Raffaele, S Kamoun - Current opinion in genetics & …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Fungi and oomycetes include deep and diverse lineages of eukaryotic plant pathogens. The
last 10 years have seen the sequencing of the genomes of a multitude of species of these so …

Metabolomics as an emerging tool for the study of plant–pathogen interactions

FR Castro-Moretti, IN Gentzel, D Mackey, AP Alonso - Metabolites, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Plants defend themselves from most microbial attacks via mechanisms including cell wall
fortification, production of antimicrobial compounds, and generation of reactive oxygen …

A Phytophthora effector suppresses trans-kingdom RNAi to promote disease susceptibility

Y Hou, YI Zhai, LI Feng, HZ Karimi, BD Rutter, L Zeng… - Cell host & …, 2019‏ - cell.com
RNA silencing (RNAi) has a well-established role in anti-viral immunity in plants. The
destructive eukaryotic pathogen Phytophthora encodes suppressors of RNAi (PSRs), which …

Ustilaginoidea virens: Insights into an Emerging Rice Pathogen

W Sun, J Fan, A Fang, Y Li… - Annual review of …, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
False smut of rice, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, has become one of the most important
diseases in rice-growing regions worldwide. The disease causes a significant yield loss and …

Beneficial microbes going underground of root immunity

K Yu, CMJ Pieterse, PAHM Bakker… - Plant, cell & …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant roots interact with an enormous diversity of commensal, mutualistic, and pathogenic
microbes, which poses a big challenge to roots to distinguish beneficial microbes from …