NPR1 in Plant Defense: It's Not over 'til It's Turned over.

Mukhtar, M Shahid; Nishimura, Marc T; Dangl, Jeff · Cell · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

NPR1 is a key transcriptional coregulator in plant defense responses. In this issue, Spoel et al. (2009) demonstrate that proteasome-mediated degradation of NPR1 in the nucleus promotes efficient expression of defense response genes following infection and prevents spurious activation of defensive responses in the absence of infection.

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