Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) are expressed by cells in the body in order to sense molecules that are associated with infection or tissue damage. They are important for activating the ...

Plants have two basic immune pathways. First, a pattern recognition receptor (PRR) on the plant cell’s surface recognizes pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) released by invaders—say, the ...

called microbial-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs), by the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) found in the plasma ...