A maize polygalacturonase functions as a suppressor of programmed cell death in plants

Abstract Background The hypersensitive defense response (HR) in plants is a fast, localized necrotic response around the point of pathogen ingress. HR is usually triggered by a pathogen recognition event mediated by a nucleotide-binding site, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) protein. The autoactive maize N...

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Main Authors: Yijian He, Shailesh Karre, Gurmukh S. Johal, Shawn A. Christensen, Peter Balint-Kurti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-1897-5