Perception of Damaged Self in Plants
Qi Li, Chenggang Wang, Zhonglin Mou
Abstract
Plants use specific receptor proteins on the cell surface to detect host-derived danger signals released in response to attacks by pathogens or herbivores and activate immune responses against them.
Topics & Concepts
Multicellular organismImmune systemBiologyFunction (biology)PerceptionNeuroscienceCognitive scienceEvolutionary biologyPsychologyImmunologyGeneticsCellPlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Molecular Biology Research