Volume 35, No 3, Mar 2025

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 35 Issue 3, March 2025: 153-154

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

H_₂O_₂ regulates rice defense via bHLH25 oxidation

Lijun Cao^1,2 , Xinnian Dong^1,2,*

¹Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
²Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Correspondence: Xinnian Dong(xdong@duke.edu)

A recent study by Liao et al. reveals a sophisticated mechanism in rice where the transcription factor bHLH25 senses H₂O₂, orchestrating two independent defense pathways: lignin biosynthesis for physical reinforcement and phytoalexin production for antimicrobial action.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01071-1

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