{"id":233055,"date":"2026-03-11T07:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/pathogen-effector-disarms-circadian-immune-crosstalk-by-targeting-tcp14-a-dual-regulator-of-clock-and-defense"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:32:11","slug":"pathogen-effector-disarms-circadian-immune-crosstalk-by-targeting-tcp14-a-dual-regulator-of-clock-and-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/pathogen-effector-disarms-circadian-immune-crosstalk-by-targeting-tcp14-a-dual-regulator-of-clock-and-defense","title":{"rendered":"Pathogen effector disarms circadian-immune crosstalk by targeting TCP14, a dual regulator of clock and defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/pathogen-effector-disarms-circadian-immune-crosstalk-by-targeting-tcp14-a-dual-regulator-of-clock-and-defense.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wang et al. identify the transcription factor TCP14 as a critical nexus linking the circadian clock and plant defense. The study reveals how the pathogen effector <i>HaRxL21<\/i> hijacks this connection by recruiting TPL\/TPR1 repressors to disarm TCP14, thereby providing a mechanistic understanding of how pathogens overcome circadian-gated immunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wang et al. identify the transcription factor TCP14 as a critical nexus linking the circadian clock and plant defense. The study reveals how the pathogen effector HaRxL21 hijacks this connection by recruiting TPL\/TPR1 repressors to disarm TCP14, thereby providing a mechanistic understanding of how pathogens overcome circadian-gated immunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}