Quo vadis, Pep? Plant elicitor peptides at the crossroads of immunity, stress, and development

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5183-5193

  Bartels, Sebastian ^a   Boller, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DAMP; danger; Pep; PEPR; plant elicitor peptide; PTI

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

PEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT IMMUNITY;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84939607531     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv180     Document Type: Review

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