By Switching 'Bait,' IU Biologists Trick Plants' Bacterial Defense Into Attacking Virus
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 10:40
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at Indiana University have modified a plant gene that normally fights bacterial infection to confer resistance to a virus. The method, described in a paper to be published Feb. 12 in the journal Science, is the first time a plant's innate defense system has been altered to deliver resistance to a new disease.