Transgenic expression of the dicotyledonous pattern recognition receptor EFR in rice leads to ligand-dependent activation of defense responses
Benjamin Schwessinger, Ofir Bahar, Thomas Nicolas, Nicolas Holton, Vladimir Nekrasov, Randy Ruan, Patrick Canlas, Arsalan Daudi, Christopher Petzold, Vasanth Singan, Rita Kuo, Mansi Chovatia, Chris Daum, Joshua Heazlewood, Cyril Zipfel, Pamela Ronald
This study shows that transgenic rice expressing the dicotyledonous PRR EFR can detect bacterial ligands and activate defense responses, enhancing resistance to weakly virulent Xoo isolates.
bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2015Plant Biology