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Oct 2026
Pleiotropy links host axes of defense against a pathogen
Organisms face ubiquitous threats from pathogens, and in response hosts have evolved a cascade of defenses to avoid, resist, or tolerate infection. While these stepwise defenses may act independently, they can be pleiotropically linked via shared molecular mechanisms, regulation, and crosstalk. Here, we tested the exte...
Michael Blazanin, Nowmita Nasir, Emilie Haniak et al.
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