Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase increases tightly-bound xyloglucan and chain number but decreases chain length contributing to the defense response that Glycine max has to Heterodera glycines

• Prakash M. Niraula,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M University, Weslaco, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi State, United States of America

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• Xuefeng Zhang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Sustainable Bioproducts, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi State, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1654-3969

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• Dragica Jeremic,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Sustainable Bioproducts, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi State, United States of America

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• Katherine S. Lawrence,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Vincent P. Klink

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: heartwood27@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi State, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi State, United States of America, Center for Computational Sciences High Performance Computing Collaboratory, Starkville, Mississippi State, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7167-4032

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