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Requirement for the induced expression of a cell wall associated receptor kinase for survival during the pathogen response.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Apr 1998
He Z H, He D, Kohorn B D
Abstract excerpt
Pathogen infection of angiosperms must rely on some interaction between the extracellular matrix (ECM) and the invading agent, and may be accompanied by signaling between the ECM and cytoplasm. An Arabidopsis cell wall associated receptor kinase (Wak1) has an amino-terminal domain that is tightly associated with the ECM, spans the plasma membrane and has a cytoplasmic protein kinase domain. Wak1 expression is...
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