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Proteinaceous Elicitors of Plant Defense Responses

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Mechanisms of Plant Defense Responses

Part of the book series: Developments in Plant Pathology ((DIPP,volume 2))

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The role of microbial proteins as signal molecules activating plant defense responses is now well recognized. The properties of several recently characterized proteinaceous elicitors are reviewed. Apart from endopolygalacturonases which release endogenous elicitors from plant cell walls, proteinaceous elicitors seem to interact primarly with the plant plasma membrane. Several of them elicit symptoms similar to those of the hypersensitive response. Most proteinaceous elicitors are secreted, and some can be translocated in plants. Progress is made in isolating genes encoding these elicitors. Some evidences on the role of proteinaceous elicitors in host-pathogen specific interactions are presented.

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Ricci, P. et al. (1993). Proteinaceous Elicitors of Plant Defense Responses. In: Fritig, B., Legrand, M. (eds) Mechanisms of Plant Defense Responses. Developments in Plant Pathology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1737-1_34

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