= Pattern recognition receptor
= PRR
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A <pattern recognition receptor> detects characteristic molecular patterns associated with microbes or damaged <tissue>. In <plant immunity>, surface <receptors> connect extracellular recognition to intracellular <signal transduction> and defence.
Recognition of a widely shared pattern can provide broad surveillance, but the presence of that pattern does not by itself measure whether the interacting <organism> will cause <disease>. <Pathogens> can also interfere with signaling, which helps explain the additional surveillance provided by intracellular <NLRs>.
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