Journal of integrative plant biologyNLR ProteinsPlant ImmunityPlant DiseasesDisease Resistance
Breaking plant family barriers: Sensor-helper NLR pairs enable cross-kingdom immune defense.
Manman Zhang, Cheng Li, Fengquan Liu
Published: 202610.1111/jipb.70074
Abstract
This commentary on Du et al. (2025) demonstrates that transferring paired sensor-helper NLRs from Solanaceae to non-asterid species (rice, soybean, and Arabidopsis) overcomes restricted taxonomic functionality, enabling resistance to bacterial leaf s…
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