Microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) probe plant immunity

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-341

  Bittel, Pascal ^a   Robatzek, Silke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

IMMUNITY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34547142150     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.04.021     Document Type: Review

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