Roles of RNA silencing in viral and non-viral plant immunity and in the crosstalk between disease resistance systems

S Lopez-Gomollon, DC Baulcombe - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
RNA silencing is a well-established antiviral immunity system in plants, in which small RNAs
guide Argonaute proteins to targets in viral RNA or DNA, resulting in virus repression. Virus …

Plant-pathogen effectors: cellular probes interfering with plant defenses in spatial and temporal manners

TY Toruño, I Stergiopoulos… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Plants possess large arsenals of immune receptors capable of recognizing all pathogen
classes. To cause disease, pathogenic organisms must be able to overcome physical …

[HTML][HTML] Viral silencing suppressors: Tools forged to fine-tune host-pathogen coexistence

T Csorba, L Kontra, J Burgyán - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
RNA silencing is a homology-dependent gene inactivation mechanism that regulates a wide
range of biological processes including antiviral defense. To deal with host antiviral …

Roles of NAC transcription factors in the regulation of biotic and abiotic stress responses in plants

M Nuruzzaman, AM Sharoni, S Kikuchi - Frontiers in microbiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
NAC transcription factors are one of the largest families of transcriptional regulators in
plants, and members of the NAC gene family have been suggested to play important roles in …

NAC proteins: regulation and role in stress tolerance

S Puranik, PP Sahu, PS Srivastava, M Prasad - Trends in plant science, 2012 - cell.com
The plant-specific NAC (NAM, ATAF1, 2 and CUC2) proteins constitute a major transcription
factor family renowned for their roles in several developmental programs. Despite their …

Plant pathogens and integrated defence responses to infection

JL Dangl, JDG Jones - nature, 2001 - nature.com
Plants cannot move to escape environmental challenges. Biotic stresses result from a
battery of potential pathogens: fungi, bacteria, nematodes and insects intercept the …

Potential use of the DREB/ERF, MYB, NAC and WRKY transcription factors to improve abiotic and biotic stress in transgenic plants

L Erpen, HS Devi, JW Grosser, M Dutt - Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ …, 2018 - Springer
Abiotic and biotic stresses adversely affect the growth and productivity of plants and
constitute the major yield-limiting factor in agriculture. In recent years, several transcription …

Genome-wide analysis of NAC transcription factor family in rice

M Nuruzzaman, R Manimekalai, AM Sharoni, K Satoh… - Gene, 2010 - Elsevier
We investigated 151 non-redundant NAC genes in rice and 117 in Arabidopsis. A complete
overview of this gene family in rice is presented, including gene structures, phylogenies …

Plant disease resistance genes: current status and future directions

MA Gururani, J Venkatesh, CP Upadhyaya… - … and molecular plant …, 2012 - Elsevier
Plant diseases can drastically abate the crop yields as the degree of disease outbreak is
getting severe around the world. Therefore, plant disease management has always been …

NAC transcription factors: structurally distinct, functionally diverse

AN Olsen, HA Ernst, LL Leggio, K Skriver - Trends in plant science, 2005 - cell.com
NAC proteins constitute one of the largest families of plant-specific transcription factors, and
the family is present in a wide range of land plants. Here, we summarize the biological and …