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FumiakiKatagiri,AssociateProfessorofUniversityofMinnesota.Hisresearchinterests:Amajortypeofplantdefenseagainstpathogenisinducibledefense:i.e.,defensemechanismsareturnedonuponrecognitionofpathogenattack.Researchinmygroupisdirectedtowardsunderstanding(1)howplantsrecognizepathogenattackand(2)howthisrecognitionleadstoinductionofcoordinatedresponsesinplants.WeuseArabidopsisanditsbacterialpathogenPseudomonassyringaeasamodeltostudytheseproblems.Thetypeofresistancewestudyiscalledresistance(R)gene-mediatedresistance.Rgene-mediatedresistanceisusuallystrongandbasedonhighlyspecificrecognitionofparticularpathogenfactors.
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