Recognition of pathogen-derived molecules by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) is a
common feature of both animal and plant innate immune systems. In plants, PRR signalling …

▪ Abstract Rapid generation of superoxide and accumulation of H2O2 is a characteristic
early feature of the hypersensitive response following perception of pathogen avirulence …

Microbial elicitors or attempted infection with an avirulent pathogen strain causes the rapid
production of reactive oxygen intermediates. We report here that H202from this oxidative …

In plants leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases (LRR-RKs) located at the plasma membrane
play a pivotal role in the perception of extracellular signals. For two of these LRR-RKs, the …

Higher plants have the ability to initiate various defence reactions such as the production of
phytoalexins, antimicrobial proteins, reactive oxygen species, and reinforcement of cell walls …

Plants and animals sense conserved microbial signatures through receptors localized to the
plasma membrane and cytoplasm. These receptors typically carry or associate with non …

Plant respiratory burst oxidase homolog (rboh) proteins, which are homologous to the
mammalian 91-kDa glycoprotein subunit of the phagocyte oxidase (gp91 phox) or NADPH …

Plants have exquisitely sensitive chemoperception systems for signal sub stances derived
from microorganisms. Among the microbial substances that plants can perceive at threshold …

The phenylpropanoid-derived natural product salicylic acid (SA) plays a key role in disease
resistance. However, SA administered in the absence of a pathogen is a paradoxically weak …

Plant diseases have major effects on agricultural production and the food supply. Currently,
worldwide crop losses due to disease are estimated to exceed $100 billion (Brears and …