Plant fructan exohydrolases: A role in signaling and defense?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 523-528

  Van Den Ende, Wim ^a   De Coninck, Barbara ^a   Van Laere, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; FUNGI;

EID: 6944245077     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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