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Fungi and plants do not have an adaptive immune system. Innate immunity serves as their sole defense, often based on carbohydrate recognition by lectins. In a twist of nature, as… Click to show full abstract
Fungi and plants do not have an adaptive immune system. Innate immunity serves as their sole defense, often based on carbohydrate recognition by lectins. In a twist of nature, as revealed by Sommer et al. (2018) in this issue of Structure, a conserved fungal immunoprotein adopts the shape of a miniature virus.
Keywords:
like immune;
protein mushrooms;
immune defense;
virus like;
defense;
defense protein
Journal Title: Structure
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Structure
Year Published: 2018
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