Abstract:Plants, just like any other living organism, naturally get attacked by various pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses. However, unlike animals that utilize their specialized circulatory macrophage system to protect themselves, plants instead use a multi-layered complex system termed the plant innate immunity, which recognizes pathogens and transducing downstream defense responses. They have developed a unique type of transmembrane receptors or R proteins, which extracellularly, are capab… Show more
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