This study identifies Lr14a as a calcium-permeable channel in wheat that mediates cytoplasmic calcium influx, essential for stomatal immunity against leaf rust.

4 citations

plant (other)experimental assay

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Plant BiologyPlant Biotechnology JournalPeer-reviewedJul 29, 2025

Chitin soil amendment triggers systemic plant disease resistance through enhanced pattern-triggered immunity

Moffat Makechemu, Y Goto, Marc W. Schmid…·Cyril Zipfel

This study shows that chitin soil amendment enhances systemic plant disease resistance through pattern-triggered immunity, independent of soil microbes.

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Arabidopsisproteomics

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Plant BiologyThe Plant CellPeer-reviewedOct 21, 2024

The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 is a novel regulator of PRR-RBOHD complex and is employed by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto to modulate plant immunity

Y. Goto, Yasuhiro Kadota, Malick Mbengué…·Ken Shirasu

The paper identifies QSK1 as a novel negative regulator of PRR-RBOHD complex and shows it is targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto to suppress plant immunity.

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plant (other)proteomics

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Plant BiologyJournal of Experimental BotanyPeer-reviewedJul 9, 2024

Genetically-clustered antifungal phytocytokines and receptor proteins function together to trigger plant immune signaling

Julie Lintz, Y. Goto, Kyle W. Bender…·Benjamin Pêtre

This study identifies genetically-clustered antifungal phytocytokines and their receptor proteins in poplar and willow, showing they function together to trigger immune signaling.

8 citations

plant (other)proteomics

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