Plant biology: do DELLAs do defence?
DELLA proteins repress plant growth and developmental processes. Recent data suggest that DELLAs improve survival by imposing growth restraint during plant stress, enabling limited resources to be diverted to pathogen defence.
Smirnoff
Nick
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School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.
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Murray
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D005875:Gibberellins / Q000502:physiology; D063245:Plant Development; D010935:Plant Diseases; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000502:physiology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism
D005875:Gibberellins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species