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Studies on the Role of Carbohydrates in Host-Microbe Interactions

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Recognition in Microbe-Plant Symbiotic and Pathogenic Interactions

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Our laboratory team has long pursued two seemingly unrelated lines of research—one, elucidating the structure and function of the matrix polysaccharides of the walls of growing plant cells, and the other, studying the manner by which plants defend themselves against disease. Results from each project led us to discover that structurally defined fragments of cell-wall polysaccharides are chemical messages with highly specific regulatory properties, many of which are involved in host-microbe interactions. These regulatory molecules (oligosaccharins) are released from the cell wall by means of enzymes. This paper will present evidence to show that the cell walls are the repository of numerous, different oligosaccharins that can regulate triggering of plant defenses against pathogens and other types of stress.

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  1. Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Georgia and USDA Russell Research Center, P.O. Box 5677, Athens, Georgia, USA

    Peter Albersheim, Alan G. Darvill, Janice K. Sharp, Keith R. Davis & Steven H. Doares

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Albersheim, P., Darvill, A.G., Sharp, J.K., Davis, K.R., Doares, S.H. (1986). Studies on the Role of Carbohydrates in Host-Microbe Interactions. In: Lugtenberg, B. (eds) Recognition in Microbe-Plant Symbiotic and Pathogenic Interactions. NATO ASI Series, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71652-2_29

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