Fight to the death: Arabidopsis thaliana defense response to fungal necrotrophic pathogens

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Łaźniewska, Joanna ^a   Macioszek, Violetta K ^a   Lawrence, Christopher B ^b   Kononowicz, Andrzej K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cell death; Induced barriers; Necrotrophic fungi; Resistance response; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 77949774878     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-009-0372-6     Document Type: Review

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