Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
A wheat immune receptor pair executes cell death through a helper MLKL
J. R. Bennett, Yu Sugihara, J F. Haidoulis…·Mark James Banfield
This study identifies a novel wheat immune receptor pair, R3NLR and R3AK, where R3AK executes cell death through its 4-helical bundle domain, revealing a non-canonical NLR/MLKL resistance mechanism.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.07.743466