Autophagy differentially controls plant basal immunity to biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens.

Journal article

In plants, autophagy has been assigned 'pro-death' and 'pro-survival' roles in controlling programmed cell death associated with microbial effector-triggered immunity. The role of autophagy in basal immunity to virulent pathogens has not been addressed systematically, however. Using several autophagy-deficient (atg) genotypes, we determined the function of autophagy in basal plant immunity. Arabidopsis mutants lacking ATG5, ATG10 and ATG18a develop spreading necrosis upon infection with the n...

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Authors: Lenz, H; Haller, E; Melzer, E; Kober, K; Wurster, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 818-830
• Publication date: 2011-06-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04546.x
• EISSN: 1365-313X
• ISSN: 0960-7412
• Language: English
• Keywords: Ethylenes; Pseudomonas syringae; Plant Growth Regulators; Indoles; Genetic Loci; Arabidopsis; Thiazoles; Arabidopsis Proteins; Genetic Complementation Test; Plant Leaves; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; Alternaria; Autophagy; Immunity, Innate; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genetic Pleiotropy; Salicylic Acid; Fumonisins