摘要
Mutants showing spontaneous cell death in the absence of pathogen attack are called lesion mimic mutants （lmm） （Lorrain et al., 2003）. These mutants usually exhibit typical hypersensitive responses （HRs） within or around the lesion spots, which are frequently observed in plants challenged with avirulent pathogens （Lorrain et al., 2003）. A number of these mutants have been characterized in rice （Zeng et al., 2004）, Arabidopsis （Guo et al., 2013）, maize （Wang et al., 2013） and barley （Persson et al., 2008）. Most lmm show enhanced resistance to various pathogens （Huang et al., 2011）, because HR is usually accompanied with enhanced defense responses, such as reactive oxygen species （ROS） activation （Qiao et al., 2010） and increased expression of pathogenesis-related genes （Lorrain et al., 2003）. Additionally, most lmm exhibit defects in growth and development due to the disordered physiolog- ical and molecular processes caused by the lesion spots. Thus, lmm are powerful tools for the study of the molecular mech- anisms of cell death, plant development and disease resistance （Lorrain et al., 2003; Babu et al., 2011）.
Mutants showing spontaneous cell death in the absence of pathogen attack are called lesion mimic mutants （lmm） （Lorrain et al., 2003）. These mutants usually exhibit typical hypersensitive responses （HRs） within or around the lesion spots, which are frequently observed in plants challenged with avirulent pathogens （Lorrain et al., 2003）. A number of these mutants have been characterized in rice （Zeng et al., 2004）, Arabidopsis （Guo et al., 2013）, maize （Wang et al., 2013） and barley （Persson et al., 2008）. Most lmm show enhanced resistance to various pathogens （Huang et al., 2011）, because HR is usually accompanied with enhanced defense responses, such as reactive oxygen species （ROS） activation （Qiao et al., 2010） and increased expression of pathogenesis-related genes （Lorrain et al., 2003）. Additionally, most lmm exhibit defects in growth and development due to the disordered physiolog- ical and molecular processes caused by the lesion spots. Thus, lmm are powerful tools for the study of the molecular mech- anisms of cell death, plant development and disease resistance （Lorrain et al., 2003; Babu et al., 2011）.
基金
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 31401351 to J. Wang, and No. 31171622 and No. 31371705 to X. W. Chen
supported by the "Hundred Talents Plan" Foundation of Sichuan to X. Chen
the Specialized Research Fund for Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20135103120004) to J. Wang
