Co-opting the cell-cycle machinery for plant immunity

Jane E Parker

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2014.11.015

Co-opting the cell-cycle machinery for plant immunity

Cell Host Microbe. 2014 Dec 10;16(6):707-9. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.11.015.

Author

Jane E Parker¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany; Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), 50829 Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: parker@mpipz.mpg.de.

PMID: 25498342
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.11.015

Abstract

Plant effector-triggered immunity is a robust cellular defense response activated by a family of intracellular receptors. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Wang et al. (2014) show that receptor-activated defense pathways utilize several core cell-cycle regulatory components to induce resistance and programmed cell death against pathogens.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Arabidopsis / immunology*
Arabidopsis Proteins / immunology*
Cell Cycle Proteins / immunology*
E2F Transcription Factors / immunology*
Plant Diseases / immunology*

Substances

Arabidopsis Proteins
Cell Cycle Proteins
E2F Transcription Factors