Why nematode feeding sites resemble the process of fruit ripening

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Editorial: Plant degradation: a nematode expansin acting on plants

Qin Ling,Kudla, U.,Roze, E. H. A.,Goverse, A.,Popeijus, H.,Nieuwland, J.,Overmars, H. A.,Jones, J. T.,Schots, A.,Smant, G.,Bakker, J.&Helder, J.,2004,In:Nature.427,p. 30-30