A peroxidase gene promoter induced by phytopathogens and methyl jasmonate in transgenic plants

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 326-338

  Curtis, Mark D ^a,c   Rae, Anne L ^b   Rusu, Anca G ^a,b   Harrison, Stuart J ^a   Manners, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicotiana tabacum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031128103     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.3.326     Document Type: Article

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