Glucocorticoid-inducible expression of a bacterial avirulence gene in transgenic ARABIDOPSIS INDUCES Hypersensitive cell death

Plant Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-257

  McNellis, Timothy W ^a   Mudgett, Mary Beth ^a   Li, Karen ^a   Aoyama, Takashi ^b   Horvath, Diana ^c   Chua, Nam Hai ^c   Staskawicz, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; AVR RPT2; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 0032053081     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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