Receptor-like kinases and receptor-like proteins: Keys to pathogen recognition and defense signaling in plant innate immunity

Frontiers in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-166

  Yang, Xin ^a   Deng, Fengyang ^a,b   Ramonell, Katrina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bacterial pathogens; biotrophic fungi; necrotrophic fungi; receptor like kinases (RLKs); receptor like proteins (RLPs)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84863352675     PISSN: 16747984     EISSN: 16747992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-011-1185-8     Document Type: Review

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