Identification and Functional Analysis of NB-LRR-Type Virus Resistance Genes: Overview and Functional Analysis of Candidate Genes.

Coexpression of a plant NB-LRR-type resistance (R) gene and corresponding viral avirulent (Avr) gene introduced in Nicotiana benthamiana using Agrobacterium tumefaciens confers hypersensitive response (HR). Such Agrobacterium-mediated transient gene expression methods have contributed to the identification of new plant R genes and facilitated the analysis of their functions. Here we describe a model method, by which several tobamovirus R genes from Solanaceous plants have been successfully identified and characterized molecularly.