Wheat germ agglutinin in wheat seedling
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Bruno P. A. Cammue; Willem F. Broekaert; Willy J. Peumans
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Article
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1990
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Springer
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English
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Treatment of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings with elicitors originating from either plant or fungal cell walls induces about a 2-fold increase of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) in the roots. While the WGA content in roots of healthy plants normally decreases as a function of germination time, a