The pathogen-actin connection: A platform for defense signaling in plants

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2011, Pages 483-506

  Day, Brad ^a   Henty, Jessica L ^b   Porter, Katie J ^a   Staiger, Christopher J ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin binding protein; Actin cytoskeleton; Disease resistance; Effector protein; Stochastic dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEMATODA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051752071     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-072910-095426     Document Type: Review

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