Review
Plant NBS-LRR proteins: adaptable guards
Author affiliations
The Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Citation and License
Genome Biology 2006, 7:212 doi:10.1186/gb-2006-7-4-212
Published: 26 April 2006Abstract
The majority of disease resistance genes in plants encode nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) proteins. This large family is encoded by hundreds of diverse genes per genome and can be subdivided into the functionally distinct TIR-domain-containing (TNL) and CC-domain-containing (CNL) subfamilies. Their precise role in recognition is unknown; however, they are thought to monitor the status of plant proteins that are targeted by pathogen effectors.
