Plant NBS-LRR Proteins: Adaptable Guards

Overview

Journal Genome Biol

Specialties Biology
Genetics

Date 2006 May 9

PMID 16677430

Citations 415

Authors

Leah McHale

Xiaoping Tan

Patrice Koehl

Richard W Michelmore

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Abstract

The majority of disease resistance genes in plants encode nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) proteins. This large family is encoded by hundreds of diverse genes per genome and can be subdivided into the functionally distinct TIR-domain-containing (TNL) and CC-domain-containing (CNL) subfamilies. Their precise role in recognition is unknown; however, they are thought to monitor the status of plant proteins that are targeted by pathogen effectors.

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