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Plant–microbe interactions

A receptor in symbiotic dialogue

Nature volume 417, pages 910–911 (2002)Cite this article

Proteins that help plants connect with symbiotic microbes have been identified. These proteins are related to receptors in animals and plants that function in the innate immune system and organ development.

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Figure 1: Comparison of members of the protein family of receptors containing extracellular leucine-rich-repeats (LRR).

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