The Rice XA21 Ectodomain Fused to the Arabidopsis EFR Cytoplasmic Domain Confers Resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
N. C. Thomas, N. Oksenberg, F. Liu, D. Caddell, A. Nalyvayko, Y. Nguyen, B. Schwessinger, P. Ronald
The paper shows that expressing a chimeric receptor with XA21 ectodomain and EFR endodomain in rice confers resistance to Xoo, indicating the ectodomain is key for robust resistance.
bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2017Plant Biology