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  • noun A person or thing that elicits

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Examples

  • In more than 80 per cent of all cases, the whey protein beta-lactoglobulin (beta-lg) is the main elicitor of milk allergies for children and infants.

    Fermentation Technique May Cut Whey Allergies Steve Carper 2007

  • In more than 80 per cent of all cases, the whey protein beta-lactoglobulin (beta-lg) is the main elicitor of milk allergies for children and infants.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • Ohta H, Suzuki G, Awai K, Masuda T, Kato T, et al. (1997) Distinct pathways for jasmonate - and elicitor-induced expressions of a cytochrome P450 gene in soybean suspension-cultured cells.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Sumanti Gupta et al. 2010

  • Hpa1Xoo accumulates along the cell walls of the transgenic T-34, where it triggers the generation of H2O2 as an endogenous elicitor.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Such acidification of intracellular compartments is reported to energize ion and metabolite transport during elicitor induced stress in soybean

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Sumanti Gupta et al. 2010

  • It is useful to conceptualise the interaction between a caregiver and care-elicitor as one that regulates the experience of emotions through a crescendo-decrescendo

    Integral Options Cafe WH 2010

  • Hpa1Xoo accumulates along the cell walls of the transgenic T-34, where it triggers the generation of H2O2 as an endogenous elicitor.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Gomez-Gomez L, Boller T (2000) FLS2: an LRR receptor-like kinase involved in the perception of the bacterial elicitor flagellin in Arabidopsis.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chang-Jin Park et al. 2010

  • Kessler, who studies similar elicitor compounds in tobacco plants, recently received grants from the U.S.

    R&D Mag - News 2010

  • Gomez-Gomez L, Boller T (2000) FLS2: an LRR receptor-like kinase involved in the perception of the bacterial elicitor flagellin in Arabidopsis.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chang-Jin Park et al. 2010

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  • Plant Science: a molecule that elicits a defense response from a plant cell

    December 10, 2009