Open AccessChitin Signaling in Plants: Insights into the Perception of Fungal Pathogens and Rhizobacterial Symbionts
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Eckardt
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.108.058784
Subject(s) - biology , chitin , fungal pathogen , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , immune system , host (biology) , botany , ecology , genetics , biochemistry , chitosan
In addition to the R gene–mediated pathways of plant resistance to specific pathogens, plants have the capacity to recognize a number of microbial surface-derived molecules, which elicit a general immune response in both host and nonhost plants. These are known as pathogen-associated or microbe-
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