Plant BiologybioRxiv
Transgenic expression of the dicotyledonous pattern recognition receptor EFR in rice leads to ligand-dependent activation of defense responses
Benjamin Schwessinger, Ofir Bahar, Thomas Nicolas…·Pamela Ronald
This study shows that transgenic rice expressing the dicotyledonous PRR EFR can detect bacterial ligands and activate defense responses, enhancing resistance to weakly virulent Xoo isolates.
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004809