Role of nematode peptides and other small molecules in plant parasitism

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-195

  Mitchum, Melissa G ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^b   Wang, Jianying ^a   Davis, Eric L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLAVATA; CLE; effectors; ligand mimicry; peptide hormone; receptors; signaling

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SECRETION (PROCESS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; PEPTIDES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84870772621     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173008     Document Type: Review

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