Building up plant defenses by breaking down proteins

Plant Science

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-385

  Delauré, Stijn L ^a   Van Hemelrijck, Wendy ^a   De Bolle, Miguel F C ^a   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a   De Coninck, Barbara M A ^a  

^a Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biotic stress; Disease signaling; E3 Ubiquitin ligase; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749109300     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2008.01.008     Document Type: Review

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