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RNA HELICASES IN MRNA DECAY

Immunity gate-keepers

Nature Plants volume 6, pages 608–609 (2020)Cite this article

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Plants need to respond swiftly against attacks, but when pathogen pressure is weak, defence genes must be repressed as they impede development and growth. Three RNA helicases are now found to control decapping-dependant mRNA decay and negatively regulate plant immunity.

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Fig. 1: Model of action of the RH6–RH8–RH12 module in the negative control of plant immunity.

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  1. CNRS-UMR5096, Plant Genome and Development Laboratory, Perpignan, France

    Rémy Merret & Cécile Bousquet-Antonelli

  2. UPVD-UMR5096, Plant Genome and Development Laboratory, Perpignan, France

    Rémy Merret & Cécile Bousquet-Antonelli

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R.M. and C.B.A. wrote the article and designed the figure.

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Merret, R., Bousquet-Antonelli, C. Immunity gate-keepers. Nat. Plants 6, 608–609 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0679-2

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