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EDR2 negatively regulates salicylic acid-based defenses and cell death during powdery mildew infections of Arabidopsis thaliana.
BMC plant biology - 6 Jul 2007
Vorwerk Sonja, Schiff Celine, Santamaria Marjorie, Koh Serry, Nishimura Marc, Vogel John, Somerville Chris, Somerville Shauna
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BACKGROUND: The hypersensitive necrosis response (HR) of resistant plants to avirulent pathogens is a form of programmed cell death in which the plant sacrifices a few cells under attack, restricting pathogen growth into adjacent healthy tissues. In spite of the importance of this defense response, relatively little is known about the plant components that execute the cell death program or about its regulation in...
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