To cope with a lifetime of exposure to a variety of pathogens, plants have developed exquisite
and refined defense mechanisms that vary depending on the type of attacking pathogen. …

Since the economic reform in 1978, the Chinese economy has grown at a remarkable pace
in the past few decades. Among a plethora of factors contributing to the growth of China, this …

Pathogens utilize multiple types of effectors to modulate plant immunity. Although many
apoplastic and cytoplasmic effectors have been reported, nuclear effectors have not been well …

Ankyrin (ANK) repeat domain-containing proteins comprise one of the largest known protein
superfamilies in all species including plants. Recently, several genomeanalysis studies …

Plants possess effective immune systems that defend against most microbial attackers. Recent
plant immunity research has focused on the classic binary defense model involving the …

The Eurasian logistics corridor is as important transportation hub delivering goods and
services to countries along the belt and road. While greatly promoting the economic and social …

Publicly available microarray data and RNA gel blot analysis identified a rice WRKY transcription
factor, OsWRKY71, that is highly upregulated in response to cold stress. Experiments …

We isolated a rice (Oryza sativa L.) WRKY gene which is highly upregulated in senescent
leaves, denoted OsWRKY42. Analysis of OsWRKY42-GFP expression and its effects on …

WRKY proteins play important roles in transcriptional reprogramming in plants in response
to various stresses including pathogen attack. In this study, we functionally characterized a …

The rice blast (fungal pathogen: Magnaporthe oryzae and host: Oryza sativa) is one of the
most important model pathosystems for understanding plant–microbe interactions. Although …