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Elevated early callose deposition results in complete penetration resistance to powdery mildew in Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2013
Ellinger Dorothea, Naumann Marcel, Falter Christian, Zwikowics Claudia, Jamrow Torsten, Manisseri Chithra, Somerville Shauna C, Voigt Christian A
Abstract excerpt
A common response by plants to fungal attack is deposition of callose, a (1,3)-β-glucan polymer, in the form of cell wall thickenings called papillae, at site of wall penetration. While it has been generally believed that the papillae provide a structural barrier to slow fungal penetration, this idea has been challenged in recent studies of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), where fungal resistance was found to...
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