Plant pathogens convergently evolved to counteract redundant nodes of an NLR immune receptor network
L. Derevnina, M. P. Contreras, H. Adachi, J. Upson, A. Vergara Cruces, R. Xie, J. Sklenar, F. L. Menke, S. T. Mugford, D. T. MacLean, W. Ma, S. A. Hogenhout, A. Goverse, A. Maqbool, C.-h. Wu, S. Kamoun
The paper identifies effectors from plant pathogens that specifically target subsets of NRC immune receptor proteins, revealing convergent strategies to counteract redundant nodes in the NLR network.
bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2021Plant Biology