Dominant integration locus drives continuous diversification of plant immune receptors with exogenous domain fusions

Abstract Background The plant immune system is innate and encoded in the germline. Using it efficiently, plants are capable of recognizing a diverse range of rapidly evolving pathogens. A recently described phenomenon shows that plant immune receptors are able to recognize pathogen effectors through...

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Main Authors: Paul C. Bailey, Christian Schudoma, William Jackson, Erin Baggs, Gulay Dagdas, Wilfried Haerty, Matthew Moscou, Ksenia V. Krasileva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Genome Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-018-1392-6