title: Microbial recognition and activation of plant defense systems.
abstract: Molecules released or generated during microbial entry (elicitors) are recognized by components of plant cells, ultimately resulting in the induction of a battery of plant defense responses. The molecular mechanisms underlying these signaling systems, as well as the plant defense responses they control, are becoming increasingly well characterized.
authors.affiliation: Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK 73402.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D002963:Cladosporium / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015398:Signal Transduction