The TIR-NB-LRR pair DSC1 and WRKY19 contributes to basal immunity of Arabidopsis to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita.
Sonja WarmerdamMark G SterkenOctavina C A SukartaCasper C van SchaikMarian E P OortwijnJose L Lozano-TorresJaap BakkerGeert SmantAska GoversePublished in: BMC plant biology (2020)
Given the head-to-head orientation of DSC1 and WRKY19 in the Arabidopsis genome our data suggests that both genes may function as a TIR-NB-LRR immune receptor pair. Unlike other TIR-NB-LRR pairs involved in dominant disease resistance in plants, DSC1 and WRKY19 most likely regulate basal levels of immunity to root-knot nematodes.