In defense against pathogens. Both plant sentinels and foot soldiers need to know the enemy

Plant Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1580-1590

  Veronese, Paola ^a   Ruiz, Maria T ^a   Coca, Maria A ^a   Hernandez Lopez, Agustin ^a   Lee, Hyeseung ^a   Ibeas, José I ^a   Damsz, Barbara ^a   Pardo, José M ^a   Hasegawa, Paul M ^a   Bressan, Ray A ^a   Narasimhan, Meena L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037391664     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.013417     Document Type: Review

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