Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

The disease resistance protein SNC1 represses the biogenesis of microRNAs and phased siRNAs

  • Qiang Cai,
  • Chao Liang,
  • Suikang Wang,
  • Yingnan Hou,
  • Lei Gao,
  • Li Liu,
  • Wenrong He,
  • Wenbo Ma,
  • Beixin Mo,
  • Xuemei Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07516-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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A small RNA-based signaling cascade prevents the induction of plant resistance genes (R-genes) in the absence of pathogen challenge. Here Cai et al. show that nuclear accumulation of the R protein SNC1 can activate immunity by suppressing small RNA production and releasing R-gene repression.