The researchers made one synthetic receptor for each candidate. When this synthetic receptor spotted a microbial molecule, it ...

Scientists from the Riken Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have identified an ancient protein that, with modifications, could confer broad-spectrum protection for plants against ...

Dubbed "SCORE," this receptor detects cold-shock protein—variations of which are found in more than 85% of known bacteria, as well as fungi and insects. Experiments published in Science reveal that ...

The ancient immune receptor SCORE was discovered in the pomelo fruit, but over 60 orthologs were subsequently found in other plant orders and families. Synthetic SCOREs engineered with subtle ...

Unfortunately, no immune receptor recognizes every current and future pathogens. However, recent research has shown that immune receptors specific to plants from one branch of the plant family tree, ...