Signaling and Communication in Plant Symbiosis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Perotto, Silvia (Editor), Baluška, František (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Signaling and Communication in Plants, 11
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Biochemistry, general.

A multiplicity of biotrophic micro-organisms interact with plants in nature, forming symbiotic relationships that range from mutualism to antagonism. Microorganisms that have adopted biotrophy as a lifestyle are able to colonize the plant and often to cross the plant cell boundaries by forming intra...