Publications by authors named "Kangping Li"
Article Synopsis
- Plants have a complex immune system that balances growth and pathogen defense, utilizing receptors like NLRs to detect threats.
- The study focuses on the potato NLR gene RB, which undergoes alternative splicing to produce two variants that help regulate immunity and growth during infection.
- The interaction between the pathogen effector IPI-O1 and the potato splicing factor StCWC15 is crucial, as it influences the splicing process and helps the plant respond effectively to late blight infections.
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production is a key early defense mechanism in plants when exposed to biotic stress. Upon recognition of conserved microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) from pathogens by plant receptors, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidases in the plasma membrane are activated to produce hydrogen peroxide (HO). This, in turn, regulates multiple signaling pathways to trigger immunity and suppress pathogen infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlants establish symbiotic associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to facilitate nutrient uptake, particularly in nutrient-limited conditions. This partnership is rooted in the plant's ability to recognize fungal signaling molecules, such as chitooligosaccharides (chitin) and lipo-chitooligosaccharides. In the legume Medicago truncatula, chitooligosaccharides trigger both symbiotic and immune responses via the same lysin-motif-receptor-like kinases (LysM-RLKs), notably CERK1 and LYR4.
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