A Novel Role for the TIR Domain in Association with Pathogen-Derived Elicitors

Plant innate immunity is mediated by Resistance (R) proteins, which bear a striking resemblance to animal molecules of similar function. Tobacco N is a TIR-NB-LRR R gene that confers resistance to Tobacco mosaic virus, specifically the p50 helicase domain. An intriguing question is how plant R prote...

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Main Authors: Burch-Smith, Tessa M, Schiff, Michael, Caplan, Jeffrey L, Tsao, Jeffrey, Czymmek, Kirk, Dinesh-Kumar, Savithramma P
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1820829/