The bacterial quorum sensing signal DSF hijacks Arabidopsis thaliana sterol biosynthesis to suppress plant innate immunity
T. M. Tran, Z. Ma, A. Triebl, S. Nath, Y. Cheng, B.-Q. Gong, X. Han, J. Wang, J.-F. Li, M. R. Wenk, F. Torta, S. Mayor, L. Yang, Y. MIAO
This study shows that the bacterial QS molecule DSF suppresses Arabidopsis innate immunity by altering sterol biosynthesis and disrupting FLS2 receptor dynamics.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2020Plant Biology