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Stable developmental programs normally resist reprogramming, yet pathogens can override these constraints to induce profound tissue and cellular remodeling. How microbial pathogens access conserved de...

Sterile alpha and Toll/interleukin-1 receptor motif–containing protein 1 (SARM1) is a NAD+-consuming enzyme that drives axon degeneration and is ac...

The mechanisms by which bacterial endosymbionts (bacteria living within fungal cells) enhance the fitness and virulence of fungal pathogens remain poo…

Cultivation-dependent techniques, computational analyses and genome-scale metabolic models show widespread amino acid auxotrophies, suggesting that soil microorganisms exist within integrated ecologic...

Chhillar et al. reveal that plant immunity is organized across leaf tissues through specialized cell-type programs. While a shared core immune program is broadly activated, individual cell types deplo...

La situation agricole française n’est plus au bord du gouffre, comme elle pouvait l’être en 2022 : cette fois-ci, elle est dans le gouffre. Il n’est désormais plus inconcevable que nous soyons en trai...

To promote disease resistance, plant nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors often require paired co-receptors. In many cases, paired NLRs comprise one NLR to perceive effectors...

A monosaccharide sugar has been detected in an interstellar cloud: the chiral ketose erythrulose. Observations and chemical modelling show that it forms efficiently on dust grains, supporting an inter...

Microbial chitinases act as versatile effector proteins in the plant holobiont, shaping microbiota composition, fungal competition, and plant immune evasio

Abstract. Complex intra- and inter-kingdom interactions shape microbiota stability and influence the success of microbial invasion into the plant holobiont

Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein without lowering crop yield when expressed in modern maize, providing a powerful strategy for crop improvement to meet future population demands.

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High-resolution structures of the plant small GTPase RACB show how switching between inactive and active states enables RIPb effector binding, providing a physical link between the cell membrane and m...

High-resolution structures of the plant small GTPase RACB show how switching between inactive and active states enables RIPb effector binding, providing a physical link between the cell membrane and m...

Climate warming poses increasing thermal challenges to plants, yet how plasma membrane biophysics contributes to heat adaptation remains poorly understood. In this work, we showed that the malectin-li...

Plant endogenous peptides, termed phytocytokines, coordinate immune responses and mediate intercellular communication within and across plant tissues. While an expanding repertoire of ligands, recept...