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Ntoukakis, Vardis and Gimenez-Ibanez, S. (2016) Parasitic plants--A CuRe for what ails thee. Science, 353 (6298). pp. 442-443. doi:10.1126/science.aag3111 ISSN 0036-8075.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aag3111
Abstract
Parasitic plants cause dramatic changes in ecosystems and represent a serious risk to agriculture by attacking crops of high economic importance. A highly conserved part of plant immune systems is the recognition of microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) by plasma membrane-localized pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that initiate an effective immune response upon activation (1). Whether parasitic plants are also sensed as foes by these receptors was until now unknown. On page 478 of this issue, Hegenauer et al. report the identification of a canonical PRR that is required for responsiveness to a MAMP-like molecule from the parasitic plant Cuscuta reflexa and protects plants against parasitic attack (2). This finding opens the possibility of biotechnological applications for sustainable crop protection against these devastating parasites.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | S Agriculture > SB Plant culture | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Parasitic plants, Plant biotechnology, Parasites, Agriculture | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Science | ||||||
Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||||||
ISSN: | 0036-8075 | ||||||
Official Date: | 29 July 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 353 | ||||||
Number: | 6298 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 442-443 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1126/science.aag3111 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 August 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 August 2016 | ||||||
Funder: | Royal Society (Great Britain), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC), Spain. Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad [Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness] (MINECO) | ||||||
Grant number: | BB/M017982/1 (BBSRC), BIO2014 - 55884-JIN (MINECO) |
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