The hnRNP-Q Protein LIF2 Participates in the Plant Immune Response
Figure 2
The lif2 mutants are less susceptible to P. syringae infection.
(A) Bacterial growth of the virulent DC3000 strain in wild-type (WT) and lif2-1 rosette leaves at 24 hours post-inoculation (hpi). (B) Rosette leaves imaged 5 days post-inoculation (dpi) with the virulent DC3000 strain. The lif2-1 and lif2-3 plants had similar responses, whereas the complemented lif2-1 mutant (lif2-c) behaved similarly to WT plants. Four independent experiments were performed with similar results. (C) Bacterial growth of the avirulent DC3000 avrRpm1 strain in rosette leaves at 24 hpi. For bacterial growth experiments, each data point represents the mean value from at least thirty leaves. Similar results were obtained in two independent experiments. The bars represent standard deviation. (Student's t-test, * p<0,05).