From Guard to Decoy: a new model for perception of plant pathogen effectors.

The Guard Model for disease resistance postulates that plant resistance proteins act by monitoring (guarding) the target of their corresponding pathogen effector. We posit, however, that guarded effector targets are evolutionarily unstable in plant populations polymorphic for resistance (R) genes. D...

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Main Authors: van der Hoorn, R, Kamoun, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008