The cell wall-associated kinases, WAKs, as pectin receptors

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Kohorn, Bruce D ^a   Kohorn, Susan L ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell expansion; Cell wall; Pathogen response; Pectin; Receptor kinase; WAKs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869206568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00088     Document Type: Review

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