NLR-protein functions in immunity

• Main Author: Jorg H. Fritz (auth)
• Other Authors: Thomas A. Kufer (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Adaptive Immunity; PAMP; pathogens; MAMP; innate immunity; Bacteria; Sensing; virus; LRR; DAMP
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The Nod-like receptor (NLR) family of proteins are evolutionary conserved molecules that in plants and mammals have been implicated in innate immune sensing of microbes and infection-associated physiological changes, contributing to immune protection of the challenged host organism through the instr...