Conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex genes functioning in defense are expressed in root cells undergoing a defense response to a pathogenic infection and exhibit regulation my MAPKs

• Vincent P. Klink ,

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

  * E-mail: vincent.klink@usda.gov

  Affiliation USDA ARS NEA BARC Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

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

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• Omar Darwish,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics Computer Science, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, United States of America

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• Nadim W. Alkharouf,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD, United States of America

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• Bisho R. Lawaju,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

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

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• Rishi Khatri,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4985-0607

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• Kathy S. Lawrence

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

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

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