The Arabidopsis E3 ubiquitin ligase PUB4 regulates BIK1 and is targeted by a bacterial type-III effector
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ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis Thaliana
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Frank Menke
PROVIDER: PXD036761 | panorama | Wed Oct 12 00:00:00 BST 2022
REPOSITORIES: PanoramaPublic
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