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ATL9, a RING zinc finger protein with E3 ubiquitin ligase activity implicated in chitin- and NADPH oxidase-mediated defense responses.
PloS one - 23 Dec 2010
Berrocal-Lobo Marta, Stone Sophia, Yang Xin, Antico Jay, Callis Judy, Ramonell Katrina M, Somerville Shauna
Abstract excerpt
Pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) are signals detected by plants that activate basal defenses. One of these PAMPs is chitin, a carbohydrate present in the cell walls of fungi and in insect exoskeletons. Previous work has shown that chitin treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana induced def...
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