Plant immunology articles within Nature

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• Article | 29 September 2022

  Viruses inhibit TIR gcADPR signalling to overcome bacterial defence

  We identified Tad1, a large family of phage-encoded proteins that inhibit Thoeris immunity, and define the chemical structure of a central immune signalling molecule, showing a new mode of action by which pathogens can suppress host immunity.

  • Azita Leavitt
  • , Erez Yirmiya
  •  & Rotem Sorek

• Article | 20 September 2021

  Activation of TIR signalling boosts pattern-triggered immunity

  A study reveals that activation of Toll/interleukin-1 receptor signalling is an important mechanism for boosting plant defence during pattern-triggered immunity.

  • Hainan Tian
  • , Zhongshou Wu
  •  & Yuelin Zhang

• News & Views | 13 June 2012

  A life or death switch

  The identification of two receptors for salicylic acid reveals how the hormone controls cell death and survival during plant immune responses, in tissues close to and distant from the site of infection. See Letter p.228

  • Andrea A. Gust
  •  & Thorsten Nürnberger