The cuticle and plant defense to pathogens

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Serrano, Mario ^a   Coluccia, Fania ^a   Torres, Martha ^a   L’Haridon, Floriane ^a   Métraux, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Botrytis cinerea; Cuticle; Cutin monomers; Innate immunity; Resistance; ROS; Wax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979598522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00274     Document Type: Review

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