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

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Plant Relationships

Part of the book series: The Mycota ((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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Di Pietro, A., Roncero, M.I.G., Roldán, M.C.R. (2009). From Tools of Survival to Weapons of Destruction: The Role of Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes in Plant Infection. In: Deising, H.B. (eds) Plant Relationships. The Mycota, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87407-2_10

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