Sensing Attack: The Role of Wall-Associated Kinases in Plant Pathogen Responses
Sam Amsbury
Abstract
The physical and chemical barrier provided by the cell wall is one of the first lines of defense against pathogen attack for plants. Plant cell walls provide physical protection against biotic and abiotic stresses but are also involved in a sophisticated sensing system for detecting both microbe-
Topics & Concepts
KinaseProtein-Serine-Threonine KinasesPathogenBiologyFungal pathogenCell biologyMicrobiologyProtein kinase APlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases