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Recognition and Signaling in Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Implications for Genetic Engineering

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Abstract

Plants are continually exposed to potential pathogens yet for the most part they remain healthy. The ability to resist disease reflects the operation of highly effective defense mechanisms. Plant defenses make use of pre-existing, static mechanisms (1) as well as responses that are invoked during attempted infection (2). To successfully infect a plant, a pathogen must overcome these defenses or ensure that they are not triggered. In this review, I discuss recent developments in our understanding of this process, with a focus on the molecular basis for pathogen recognition and subsequent signaling events. I have focused largely on bacterial and fungal pathogens although many of the concepts discussed also apply to viral pathogens.

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Lawton, M. (1997). Recognition and Signaling in Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Implications for Genetic Engineering. In: Setlow, J.K. (eds) Genetic Engineering. Genetic Engineering, vol 19. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5925-2_15

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