Defense Responses in Aspen with Altered Pectin Methylesterase Activity Reveal the Hormonal Inducers of Tyloses

Lesniewska, J; Ohman, D; Krzeslowska, M; Kushwah, S; Barciszewska-Pacak, M; Kleczkowski, LA; Sundberg, B; Moritz, T; Mellerowicz, EJ

Mellerowicz, EJ (reprint author), Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Umea Plant Sci Ctr, Dept Forest Genet & Plant Physiol, S-90183 Umea, Sweden.

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 2017; 173 (2): 1409

Abstract

Tyloses are ingrowths of parenchyma cells into the lumen of embolized xylem vessels, thereby protecting the remaining xylem from pathogens. They are f......

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