Plant protein 'doorkeepers' block invading microbes, study finds
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 06:00
in Biology & Nature
A group of plant proteins that 'shut the door' on bacteria that would otherwise infect the plant's leaves has been identified for the first time by a team of researchers in Denmark, at the University of California, Davis, and at UC Berkeley...
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