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Ralstonia solanacearum Extracellular Polysaccharide Is a Specific Elicitor of Defense Responses in W...

Ralstonia solanacearum Extracellular Polysaccharide Is a Specific Elicitor of Defense Responses in W...

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Ralstonia solanacearum Extracellular Polysaccharide Is a Specific Elicitor of Defense Responses in Wilt-Resistant Tomato Plants

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Ralstonia solanacearum Extracellular Polysaccharide Is a Specific Elicitor of Defense Responses in Wilt-Resistant Tomato Plants

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2011-01, Vol.6 (1), p.e15853-e15853

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Ralstonia solanacearum, which causes bacterial wilt of diverse plants, produces copious extracellular polysaccharide (EPS), a major virulence factor. The function of EPS in wilt disease is uncertain. Leading hypotheses are that EPS physically obstructs plant water transport, or that EPS cloaks the bacterium from host plant recognition and subsequen...

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Ralstonia solanacearum Extracellular Polysaccharide Is a Specific Elicitor of Defense Responses in Wilt-Resistant Tomato Plants

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1294982920

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1294982920

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1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0015853

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