STANDing strong, resistance proteins instigators of plant defence

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-436

  Lukasik, Ewa ^a   Takken, Frank LW ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE RICH REPEAT PROTEINS; LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEINS; PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 68149175128     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.03.001     Document Type: Review

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