title: Molecular genetics of plant disease resistance.
abstract: Plant breeders have used disease resistance genes (R genes) to control plant disease since the turn of the century. Molecular cloning of R genes that enable plants to resist a diverse range of pathogens has revealed that the proteins encoded by these genes have several features in common. These findings suggest that plants may have evolved common signal transduction mechanisms for the expression of resistance to a wide range of unrelated pathogens. Characterization of the molecular signals involved in pathogen recognition and of the molecular events that specify the expression of resistance may lead to novel strategies for plant disease control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Staskawicz
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Ausubel
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017343:Genes, Plant; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics