News from the frontline: recent insights into PAMP-triggered immunity in plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-395

  Schwessinger, Benjamin ^a   Zipfel, Cyril ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RECEPTORS, PATTERN RECOGNITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 48049084745     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.06.001     Document Type: Review

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