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Perception of fungal elicitors and signal transduction

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Signal Transduction in Plants

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Abstract

Plants, like animals, are continually exposed to a vast array of potential fungal pathogens; in many cases, they resist attack by blocking fungal development soon after penetration. As plants lack a circulatory system and antibodies, they have evolved defense mechanisms that are distinct from the vertebrate immune system. In contrast to animal cells, each plant cell is capable of defending itself by means of a combination of constitutive mechanisms and induced responses. After the perception of the pathogen (recognition), the plant cell at the site of infection transmits the information inside the cell across the plasma membrane as well as to neighboring cells. As a consequence, a number of defense reactions are induced, which include a rapid and localized cell death (hypersensitive response), a rapid oxidative burst, cross-linking and strengthening of the plant cell wall, the induction of the phenylpropanoid pathway and synthesis of lignin, the accumulation of antimicrobial compounds named phytoalexins, the synthesis of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) and fungal wall degrading enzymes (chitinases, glucanases), and the production of ethylene. The effectiveness of the plant defense responses against a pathogen depends both on the magnitude and on the rapidity of their onset (Dixon and Lamb, 1990).

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