Flexible resource allocation during plant defense responses

Plants are organisms composed of modules connected by xylem and phloem transport streams. Attack by both insects and pathogens elicits sometimes rapid defense responses in the attacked module. We have also known for some time that proteins are often reallocated away from pathogen-infected tissues, w...

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Main Authors: Jack C. Schultz, Heidi M Appel, Abigail eFerrieri, Thomas M Arnold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00324/full