Carbohydrates, proteins, cell surfaces, and the biochemistry of pathogenesis

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1975 · Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.pp.26.060175.000335· OSTI ID:7362356

Albersheim, P; Anderson-Prouty, A J

General plant resistance to pathogenic attack by a myriad of microorganisms, viruses, nematodes, and insects are reviewed. Specifically discussed are: The role of the cell wall and wall-degrading enzymes in infective processes; an hypothesis to account for varietal specificity in gene-for-gene host-pathogen systems; examples which demonstrate that cell surface recognition phenomena are mediated through the interaction of carbohydrate-containing macromolecules and proteins; elicitors of phytoalexin production; and further consideration of the hypothesis and how the gene-for-gene relationship may have evolved. (JWP)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
• OSTI ID: 7362356
• Journal Information: Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol.; (United States) Vol. 26; ISSN ARPPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ANIMALS
ANTIGENS
BACTERIA
BIOCHEMISTRY
BIOLOGY
BIOMASS
CARBOHYDRATES
CELL CONSTITUENTS
CELL MEMBRANES
CELL WALL
CHEMISTRY
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
FUNGI
GENETICS
HOST
MEMBRANES
MICROORGANISMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PATHOGENESIS
PLANT DISEASES
PLANTS
PROTEINS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
REVIEWS
YEASTS