Innes R W
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Trends Microbiol. 1995 Dec;3(12):483-5. doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(00)89017-4.
The detection of pathogens by plants is often described as a 'gene-for -gene' interaction. However, recent work from several laboratories indicates that, in some instances, a single gene product in the plant can mediate the recognition of multiple pathogen signals, and that multiple plant genes are required for the recognition of, and response to, a single pathogen signal.