Innate immune responses activated in Arabidopsis roots by microbe-associated molecular patterns

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 973-990

  Millet, Yves A ^a,b,c   Danna, Cristian H ^a,b   Clay, Nicole K ^a,b   Songnuan, Wisuwat ^a,b,d   Simon, Matthew D ^a,b   Werck Reichhart, Danièle ^c   Ausubel, Frederick M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 77953181003     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.069658     Document Type: Article

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