From Tools of Survival to Weapons of Destruction: The Role of Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes in Plant Infection

  • Antonio Di Pietro
  • Ma Isabel González Roncero
  • Ma Carmen Ruiz Roldán
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Part of the The Mycota book series (MYCOTA, volume 5)

Abstract

Cells of higher plants are surrounded by the wall, a resilient and heterogeneous network made up of different classes of polymers, mainly cellulose, xyloglucan, pectin and structural proteins. Current cell wall models propose a structure in which cellulose microfibrils are coated with xyloglucan and embedded in multiple layers of pectic polysaccharides (Carpita and Gibeaut 1993; Ha et al. 1997; Reiter 2002; O’Neill and York 2003).

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Fusarium Oxysporum Botrytis Cinerea Pectate Lyase Fusarium Solani Appl Environ 
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  • Antonio Di Pietro
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  • Ma Carmen Ruiz Roldán
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  1. 1.Departamento de GenéticaUniversidad de CórdobaEdificio Gregor MendelSpain

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