"Plant Tumors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A localized proliferation of plant tissue forming a swelling or outgrowth, commonly with a characteristic shape and unlike any organ of the normal plant. Plant tumors or galls usually form in response to the action of a pathogen or a pest. (Holliday, P., A Dictionary of Plant Pathology, 1989, p330)
| Descriptor ID |
D010941
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G15.610.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Plant Tumors- Plant Tumors
- Plant Tumor
- Tumor, Plant
- Tumors, Plant
- Plant Galls
- Crown Gall
- Crown Galls
- Gall, Crown
- Galls, Crown
- Galls, Plant
- Gall, Plant
- Plant Gall
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plant Tumors" by people in Profiles.
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A massive expansion of effector genes underlies gall-formation in the wheat pest Mayetiola destructor. Curr Biol. 2015 Mar 02; 25(5):613-20.