A single transcription factor promotes both yield and immunity in rice

作者：Jing Wang, Jing Wang, Lian Zhou, Hui Shi, Mawsheng Chern, Hong Yu, Hong Yi, Min He, Junjie Yin, Xiaobo Zhu, Yan Li, Weitao Li, Jiali Liu, Jichun Wang, Jichun Wang, Xiaoqiong Chen, Xiaoqiong Chen, Hai Qing, Yuping Wang, Guifu Liu, Wenming Wang, Ping Li, Xianjun Wu, Lihuang Zhu, Jian‐Min Zhou, Pamela C. Ronald, Shigui Li, Jiayang Li, Xuewei Chen, Xuewei Chen · 发表于：Science · 年份：2018 · DOI：10.1126/science.aat7675 · 被引用次数：521 · 研究领域：Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity、Plant Gene Expression Analysis、Plant Molecular Biology Research

Flexible growth and immune responses in rice Plants that are fighting microbial pathogens often divert resources that could be used for growth into the immune response. For crops, this translates into lower yield when plant immunity is activated. Wang et al. show that, in rice, reversible phosphorylation of a key transcription factor allows the plant to defend against fungal attack when needed but then, within days, reallocate resources back to growth (see the Perspective by Greene and Dong). Thus, both pathogen defense and crop yield can be sustained. Science , this issue p. 1026 ; see also p. 976