Plant NBS-LRR proteins: adaptable guards.

作者：Leah K. McHale, Xiaoping Tan, Patrice Koehl, Richard W. Michelmore · 发表于：Genome biology · 年份：2006 · DOI：10.1186/gb-2006-7-4-212 · 被引用次数：1058 · 研究领域：Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity、Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies、Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms

The majority of disease resistance genes in plants encode nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) proteins. This large family is encoded by hundreds of diverse genes per genome and can be subdivided into the functionally distinct TIR-domain-containing (TNL) and CC-domain-containing (CNL) subfamilies. Their precise role in recognition is unknown; however, they are thought to monitor the status of plant proteins that are targeted by pathogen effectors.