Both animal and plant cells rely on innate immune systems to recognize and appropriately respond to pathogens. These systems have many similar themes and surprising commonalities, both in the protein domains used and in the mechanisms of larger immune complexes (1). In PNAS, Duxbury et al. (2) explore these commonalities by generating functional plant–animal hybrid immune receptors to ask questions about how plant immune receptors function.

中文翻译：

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用合成植物炎性体重新发明轮子。

动物和植物细胞都依赖先天免疫系统来识别病原体并对其作出适当反应。这些系统在使用的蛋白质结构域和更大的免疫复合物的机制中都有许多相似的主题和令人惊讶的共同点 ( 1 )。在 PNAS 中，Duxbury 等人。( 2 ) 通过生成功能性植物-动物杂交免疫受体来探索这些共性，以询问有关植物免疫受体如何发挥作用的问题。