title: Treasure your exceptions: unusual domains in immune receptors reveal host virulence targets.
abstract: A mechanistic understanding of how plant pathogens modulate their hosts is critical for rationally engineered disease resistance in agricultural systems. Two new studies show that genomically paired plant immune receptors have incorporated decoy domains that structurally mimic pathogen virulence targets to monitor attempted host immunosuppression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
authors.forename: Marc T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
authors.forename: Freddy
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA. Electronic address: dangl@email.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffery L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dangl
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000276:immunology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins