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. 2006 Apr 21;312(5772):436-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.1126088.

A plant miRNA contributes to antibacterial resistance by repressing auxin signaling

Lionel Navarro  1 , Patrice Dunoyer, Florence Jay, Benedict Arnold, Nihal Dharmasiri, Mark Estelle, Olivier Voinnet, Jonathan D G Jones
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A plant miRNA contributes to antibacterial resistance by repressing auxin signaling

Lionel Navarro et al. Science. .

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Plants and animals activate defenses after perceiving pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) such as bacterial flagellin. In Arabidopsis, perception of flagellin increases resistance to the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae, although the molecular mechanisms involved remain elusive. Here, we show that a flagellin-derived peptide induces a plant microRNA (miRNA) that negatively regulates messenger RNAs for the F-box auxin receptors TIR1, AFB2, and AFB3. Repression of auxin signaling restricts P. syringae growth, implicating auxin in disease susceptibility and miRNA-mediated suppression of auxin signaling in resistance.

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  • Auxin signaling in plant defense.
    Remans R, Spaepen S, Vanderleyden J. Remans R, et al. Science. 2006 Jul 14;313(5784):171. doi: 10.1126/science.313.5784.171a. Science. 2006. PMID: 16840680 No abstract available.

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