When the researchers added a little of this bacterial byproduct to the mix, Fel d 1 activated a specific immune receptor on cells, called Toll - like receptor 4 (TLR4). (discovermagazine.com)
Comparative analysis of targeted long read sequencing approaches for characterization of a plant's immune receptor repertoire (nanoporetech.com)
University of North Carolina plant immunologist Jeff Dangl says plants have many immune receptors with unknown functions: «There may be a vast listening apparatus just waiting to be discovered.» (discovermagazine.com)