Mis-placed Congeniality: When Pathogens Ask Their Plant Hosts for Another Drink

Pingtao Ding; Jonathan D G Jones

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.01.003

Mis-placed Congeniality: When Pathogens Ask Their Plant Hosts for Another Drink

Dev Cell. 2017 Jan 23;40(2):116-117. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.01.003.

Authors

Pingtao Ding¹, Jonathan D G Jones²

Affiliations

¹ The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28118597
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.01.003

Abstract

Plants control nutrient availability in intercellular spaces (the apoplast) via transporters, channels, and vesicular transport. Recent papers in Science and Nature from two groups have highlighted how plants control sugar to restrict bacterial growth (Yamada et al., 2016) and how increased water availability enhances pathogenesis (Xin et al., 2016).

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MeSH terms

Biological Transport
Extracellular Space
Membrane Transport Proteins*
Plants*

Substances

Membrane Transport Proteins