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1560247 
Journal Article 
PAMP-Triggered Basal Immunity in Plants 
Nuernberger, T; Kemmerling, B 
2009 
Yes 
Advances in Botanical Research
ISSN: 0065-2296 
Advances in Botanical Research 
51 
1-38 
WOS:000270978700001 
Significant progress has recently been made in our
understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underpin a plant's ability to cope with microbial
infection. A new concept has derived thereof that provides evidence for a functional link between
different types of microbial resistance in plants and their evolutionary relationship. Research
on microbial elicitor-induced plant noncultivar-specific defenses and microbial avirulence
factor-induced host plant cultivar-specific defenses had coexisted for a long time, without
providing an integrated model for plant disease resistance. Research milestones that have
significantly reshaped our view on plant immunity comprise the realization of conceptual and
mechanistic similarities in animal and plant immunity (including the adoption of the term
""immunity"" into the plant literature), the identification of plant pattern-recognition
receptors (PRRs) recognizing pathogen- or microbe-derived molecular patterns (PAMP/MAMP), and the
finding that PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) is a biologically important element of plant disease
resistance. Moreover, microbial infection strategies that have evolved for the suppression of PTI
underline the importance of this element of the plant immune system.