Molecular Arms Race (IMAGE)

John Innes Centre

Molecular Arms Race

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This is a schematic view of the rice blast pathogen protein AVR-PikD (green) bound to part of the rice disease resistance protein Pikp (blue). This is overlaid on an image of the disease-causing fungus infecting rice cells (left, the fungus is shown in red) and rice plants (right).

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