The Scientist : MAP kinase safeguards plants [4/3/2002]

Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk
News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020304-02

4 March 2002

Plants, insects and mammals have a conserved innate immune system that is the first inducible defense against infectious disease, but the exact nature of the signaling molecules in this system remains unclear. In February 28 Nature, Tsuneaki Asai and colleagues from Harvard Medical School, show that in plants the MAP kinase signalling cascade is involved in activation of the innate immune system and confers resistance to both bacterial and fungal pathogens.

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