Helper NLR proteins NRC2a/b and NRC3 but not NRC1 are required for Pto-mediated cell death and resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana

New Phytologist

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1344-1352

  Wu, Chih Hang ^a   Belhaj, Khaoula ^a   Bozkurt, Tolga O ^a   Birk, Marlène S ^a   Kamoun, Sophien ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nicotiana benthamiana; Cell death; NRC1 (NB LRR protein required for HR associated cell death 1); Nucleotide binding leucine rich repeat protein; Plant immunity; Pto

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PLANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOBACCO; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NLR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOBACCO;

EID: 84947982739     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13764     Document Type: Letter

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