Plant immunity: Rice XA21-mediated resistance to bacterial infection
María Florencia Ercoli, Dee Dee Luu, Ellen Youngsoo Rim, Alexandra M. Shigenaga, Artur Teixeira de Araújo, Mawsheng Chern, Rashmi Jain, Deling Ruan, Anna Joe, Valley Stewart, Pamela C. Ronald
Abstract
Significance The mechanisms plants employ to resist infection were unknown until just a few decades ago. We now understand that plants utilize diverse classes of immune receptors to recognize and respond to pathogenic microbes and pests. This paper describes the development of the plant immunity field, from early studies on the genetics of disease resistance to our increasing knowledge of how plant receptors interact with their microbial ligands, with an emphasis on the rice immune receptor XA21 and its bacterial ligand.
Topics & Concepts
Plant ImmunityImmunityResistance (ecology)BiologyRice plantMicrobiologyAgronomyImmunologyImmune systemGeneticsGeneArabidopsisMutantPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis