Two unequally redundant "helper" immune receptor families mediate Arabidopsis thaliana intracellular "sensor" immune receptor functions
- Award ID(s):
- 1758400
- PAR ID:
- 10229665
- Editor(s):
- Dong, Xinnian
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- PLOS Biology
- Volume:
- 18
- Issue:
- 9
- ISSN:
- 1545-7885
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- e3000783
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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