PAMP Signals in Plant Innate Immunity Signal Perception and Transduction [Paperback]

Plant innate immunity is a potential surveillance system of plants and is the first line of defense against invading pathogens. The immune system is a sleeping system in unstressed healthy plants and is activated on perception of the pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP; the pathogens signature) of invading pathogens. The PAMP alarm/danger signals are perceived by plant pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs). The plant immune system uses several second messengers to encode information generated by the PAMPs and deliver the information downstream of PRRs to proteins which decode/interpret signals and initiate defense gene expression. This book describes the most fascinating PAMP-PRR signaling complex and signal transduction systems. It also discusses the highly complex networks of signaling pathways involved in transmission of the signals to induce distinctly different defense-related genes to mount offence against pathogens.

1. Introduction
1.1Classical PAMPs
?1.2 Plant pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)
1.3 Second Messengers in PAMP Signaling
1.4 Plant Hormone Signals in Plant Immune Signaling system
1.5 War between Host Plants and Pathogens and the Winner is &&.?
2. PAMP signaling in Plant Innate Immunity
2.1 Classical PAMPs as Alarm Signals
2.2 Effector-like PAMPs
2.3 PAMPs found within Effectors
2.4 Toxins acting as PAMPs
2.5 PAMP-induced HAMPs (DAMPs/ MIMPs/ PAMP Amplifiers/ Endogenous Elicitors)
2.6 Bacterial PAMPs
2.7 Fungal PAMPs
2.8 Oomycete PAMPs
2.9 Viral Elicitors
2.10 Host-associated Molecular patterns (HAMPs) as Endogenous Elicitors
2. 11 Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs)
2.12 Transmembrane Proteins interacting with PRRs in PAMP-PRR Signaling Complex
2.13 PAMP triggers increased Transcription of PRR gene and Accumulation of PRR Protein
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