disease resistance
09/25/2018 / By Ralph Flores
Plants have sophisticated defense systems: They can share proteins, bait and trap pathogens
New research has revealed that specific plant proteins can identify signals linked to disease-causing agents using “baits” and trap them before they can affect a plant. The study, published in Genome Biology, looked at how “bait genes” are distributed in various wild and domestic grasses, as well as how they respond to protect the plant against a pathogen attack. […]
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