Domain-less defenders: evolutionary innovations and agricultural promise of noncanonical NLRs
). Furthermore, their cognate insect effector MsEF1, a phosphatase-like protein, was identified. These studies establish that NLRs lacking clear functional domains can mediate insect resistance and provide a new genetic resource for engineering pest-resilient crops.
Authors
- Guozhi Bi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7232-8887)
- Man Hu
- Zichen Liu
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics (CN)
- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (CN)
- China Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- aBIOTECH
- Published
- 2026-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abiote.2026.100048
- Primary Topic
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- China Agricultural University
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China