Animal NLRs provide structural insights into plant NLR function

Annals of Botany

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 689-702

  Bentham, Adam ^a,b   Burdett, Hayden ^a   Anderson, Peter A ^a   Williams, Simon J ^a,b,c   Kobe, Bostjan ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avirulence protein; Cryo electron microscopy; Crystal structure; Effector triggered immunity (ETI); Leucine rich repeat (LRR) nucleotide binding oligomerization domain (NOD) like receptor (NLR); Nu cleotide binding (NB); Plant pathogen effector protein; Resistance protein; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT; PROTEIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANIMALIA;

NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; NLR PROTEINS; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANTS;

EID: 85018948407     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw171     Document Type: Review

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