Transcriptional activation of plant defense genes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 624-630

  Zhu, Qun ^a   Dröge Laser, Wolfgang ^b   Dixon, Richard A ^c   Lamb, Chris ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLANT DNA; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE ACTIVATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030272583     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80093-1     Document Type: Article

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