Immune surveillance at plasmodesmata restricts the movement of a fungal effector
Emma K Turley, Daniel S. Yu, Andrew Breakspear, Joanna Jennings, Mark Jave Bautista, Sally Jones, Barkha Ravi, Rafał Zdrzałek, Weibin Ma, Adam R. Bentham, Lauren S. Ryder, Nicholas J. Talbot, Mark James Banfield, Christine R. Faulkner
The paper identifies ChEC108 as a fungal effector that targets plasmodesmata in Arabidopsis, binds HIPP6, and induces plasmodesmal closure to restrict fungal spread.
bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology