PHYLLOPLANINS: NOVEL ANTIFUNGAL PROTEINS ON PLANT LEAF SURFACES

Secreted surface proteins are an innate immune defense component employed by animals to inhibit invading microbes. Surface proteins have not been documented in plants, even though the aerial leaf surface, or phylloplane, is a major site of pathogen ingress. We have discovered novel proteins, termed...

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Main Author: Shepherd, Ryan William
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2010
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/763
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1766&context=gradschool_diss