Oligogalacturonides: Plant damage-associated molecular patterns and regulators of growth and development

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Ferrari, Simone ^a   Savatin, Daniel V ^a   Sicilia, Francesca ^a   Gramegna, Giovanna ^a   Cervone, Felice ^a   De Lorenzo, Giulia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Damage associated molecular patterns; Defense responses; Elicitors; Innate immunity; Oligogalacturonides; Pectin; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883187991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00049     Document Type: Review

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