Cytolytic toxins as triggers of plant immune response

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 977-979

  Küfner, Isabell ^a   Ottmann, Christian ^a,b   Oecking, Claudia ^a   Nürnberger, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHEMICAL GENOMICS CENTRE OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Immunity; Pathogen; Plant immunity; Toxin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; OOMYCETES;

EID: 70450208626     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.10.9669     Document Type: Article

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