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B08 | Connecting plant sensor NLRs to host cell death responses


Prof. Dr. Jijie Chai

Department of Biochemistry, University of Cologne
 

 
Dr. Paul Schulze-Lefert 

Department Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Contact: schlefSpamProtectionmpipz.mpg.de
For more information visit: Schulze-Lefert Lab


This project was funded within the SFB 1403 from 2020 - 2023

Former Abstract

Nucleotide-binding domain/leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors provide a crucial barrier to pathogen infection in mammals and plants. In both systems, NLRs sense microbe-mediated perturbations inside host cells and, via conformational switches, induce cell death and anti-microbial pathways leading to disease resistance. This project integrates protein structure-function studies with in vivo molecular and pathology phenotyping, genetics and cell biology to answer fundamental questions about how plant sensor NLRs activate cell death pathways and whether different NLR types converge on the same or distinct cell death machineries in immunity.

Recent Publications

Project A08 Publications 1st Funding Period 2020 - 2023

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