Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BASILA (Identification and characterization of bacterial effectors that interfere with Transcriptional GeneSilencing in Arabidopsis)

The innate immune response is initiated by the recognition of either evolutionarily conserved pathogen-derived signatures known as Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns (MAMPs) or the activity of virulence proteins secreted by pathogens called effectors, through PRR receptors...