Plants rely on innate immune responses to fight infections ... 1 To address this issue, it is necessary to understand how plant immunity works. In general, plants employ a variety of cell-surface ...

But bacteria can interfere with PAMP-triggered immunity by injecting effector molecules into the plant cell. Intracellular plant protein complexes called nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich repeat ...

The research in the Caplan lab focuses on the role of organelle dynamics during plant innate immunity. Specifically, we are interested in how and why chloroplasts dramatically change their morphology ...

The group of Xiaoqi Feng at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) uses this unique plant as a model to uncover yet unknown ... of microbes N4-methylcytosine (4mC) is a form of ...

from nematodes to plants to humans, and to show how these molecules variously contribute to innate immunity. The unified picture derives from viewing the innate immune system as a potential ...

Innate immunity is an immunological subsystem that ... Innate immune systems are found in all classes of plants and animals. Distinct proteolytic pathways share convergent activation patterns ...

The reasons for this are unclear. However, we know our cells – including those in the immune system – require good nutrition to function optimally. Plants are packed with vitamins and minerals.

In particular, we are interested in pathogen’s disturbance of host organelle function and inter-organellar communication in host cells in plant innate immunity. Our understanding of the involvements ...

Unlike animals, plants do not possess an adaptive immune system with antibodies or T cells to fight viral infections. Instead, they rely on the RNA silencing system, which serves as their innate ...

The group of Xiaoqi Feng at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) uses this unique plant as a model to ... is a form of immunity in bacteria, camouflaging their genome from ...