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Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes Produced by Phytopathogenic Fungi

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Environmental Microbiology

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Plant cell walls give plants shape and support, help to regulate physiological processes including defense responses, and act as physical barriers to pathogen invasion. Most plant pathogens produce an array of enzymes capable of degrading plant cell-wall components (1,2).

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Herrera, M.D.V., Toro, M.E., de Figueroa, L.I.C., Vazquez, F. (2004). Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes Produced by Phytopathogenic Fungi. In: Walker, J.M., Spencer, J.F.T., Ragout de Spencer, A.L. (eds) Environmental Microbiology. Methods in Biotechnology, vol 16. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-765-3:299

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