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Programming Plant Immunity: Custom-Built Receptors to Fight Pathogens

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Researchers have developed a programmable method for designing synthetic plant immune receptors that can target different pathogens. The approach combines AI-assisted protein design with molecular binding technologies to replace conventional recognition domains with new molecular baits. Directed evolution in planta then helps improve receptor performance while limiting unwanted activation in the absence of a threat. These receptors can also be combined and evaluated using infectious clones. Together, these advances offer a promising route toward crops with stronger, broader disease resistance.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee1792

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