title: The role of plant cell wall polysaccharide composition in disease resistance.
abstract: The high degree of structural complexity of plant cell wall polysaccharides has led to suggestions that some components might function as latent signal molecules that are released during pathogen infections and elicit defensive responses by the plant. However, there has been a paucity of genetic evidence supporting the idea that variation in cell wall composition plays a role in the outcome of host-pathogen interactions. Recently, several genetic studies have provided new lines of evidence implicating cell wall polysaccharides as factors in host-pathogen interactions.
authors.affiliation: Carnegie Institute, and Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vorwerk
authors.forename: Shauna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Somerville
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Somerville
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals