imprint:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015
Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1502522112
ISSN:
0027-8424;
1091-6490
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Significance</jats:title>
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Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of maize. The
<jats:italic>Htn1</jats:italic>
disease resistance gene confers quantitative field resistance against most NCLB isolates. Here we show that
<jats:italic>Htn1</jats:italic>
encodes a putative wall-associated receptor-like kinase (RLK). RLKs act as important components of the first tier of the plant innate immune system by perceiving pathogen- or host-derived elicitors on the cell surface. RLKs are often associated with resistance to nonadapted pathogens and are a component of nonhost resistance. Our work demonstrates that the Htn1-RLK plays an important role in host resistance against adapted fungal pathogens.
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