linkedin post 2015-09-13 04:44:05

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PLANT CELL WALL IMMUNITY. "The frontline of plant defense systems consists of physical and chemical barriers such as the cell wall, waxes, hairs, antimicrobial enzymes, and secondary metabolites. If these obstacles are overcome, the pathogen is still confronted by elaborate surveillance systems in which molecular sentinels operate to activate resistance responses." https://lnkd.in/eRGXkHd View in LinkedIn
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PATHOGEN DETECTION. "For plants, detection of microbial fingerprints, also referred to as pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) is a warning of impeding attack. Consequently, a key aspect of plant innate immunity is the ability to recognize PAMPs, such as bacterial flagellin, lipopolysaccharides, peptidoglycans, and fungal chitin." https://lnkd.in/eRGXkHd View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-09-13 04:49:28

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PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS. "Activation of PRRs leads to a whole range of immune responses, including an increase in cytosolic Ca2+, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), activation of a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade and transcriptional changes." All these molecular events are toxic to plant pathogens. https://lnkd.in/eWZ-igq View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-09-13 04:57:04

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COUNTER-ATTACK. "Microbial pathogens of eukaryotes use similar strategies to infect animals, invertebrates and plants. In order to colonize their host, microbes have developed sophisticated protein secretion systems for the delivery of virulence effector proteins into the host cell cytoplasm. The effector proteins modulate host immune responses and promote pathogenesis." https://lnkd.in/eeDUeRY View in LinkedIn
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