The Phtheirospermum japonicum isopentenyltransferase PjIPT1a regulates host cytokinin responses in Arabidopsis
A. Greifenhagen, I. Braunstein, J. Pfannstiel, S. Yoshida, K. Shirasu, A. Schaller, T. Spallek
This study identifies PjIPT1a as a key gene in Phtheirospermum japonicum that produces cytokinins to induce host hypertrophy during parasitism.
bioRxiv · May 24, 2021Plant Biology