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ReviewGenes2018

Disease Resistance Mechanisms in Plants.

Ethan J Andersen, Shaukat Ali, Emmanuel Byamukama, Yang Yen, Madhav P Nepal

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Review in Genes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 150 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
150citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
50.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

150 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 442 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ethan J AndersenDepartment of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, 57007 SD, USA. ethan.andersen@sdstate.edu.
Shaukat AliDepartment of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, 57007 SD, USA. shaukat.ali@sdstate.edu.
Emmanuel ByamukamaDepartment of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, 57007 SD, USA. emmanuel.byamukama@sdstate.edu.
Yang YenDepartment of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, 57007 SD, USA. yang.yen@sdstate.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1055-8636
Madhav P NepalDepartment of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, 57007 SD, USA. madhav.nepal@sdstate.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5565-523X
South Dakota State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants have developed a complex defense system against diverse pests and pathogens. Once pathogens overcome mechanical barriers to infection, plant receptors initiate signaling pathways driving the expression of defense response genes. Plant immune systems rely on their ability to recognize enemy molecules, carry out signal transduction, and respond defensively through pathways involving many genes and their products. Pathogens actively attempt to evade and interfere with response pathways, selecting for a decentralized, multicomponent immune system. Recent advances in molecular techniques have greatly expanded our understanding of plant immunity, largely driven by potential application to agricultural systems. Here, we review the major plant immune system components, state of the art knowledge, and future direction of research on plant⁻pathogen interactions. In our review, we will discuss how the decentralization of plant immune systems have provided both increased evolutionary opportunity for pathogen resistance, as well as additional mechanisms for pathogen inhibition of such defense responses. We conclude that the rapid advances in bioinformatics and molecular biology are driving an explosion of information that will advance agricultural production and illustrate how complex molecular interactions evolve.

Indexed as

coevolutiondefense responsedisease resistancenucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeatpathogenesispattern recognition receptorphytopathologyplant immunityplant-pest interactionresistance gene

Identifiers

PMID29973557
PMCPMC6071103
OpenAlexW2809890412

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Registered trials

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