Systemic and local induction of an Arabidopsis thionin gene by wounding and pathogens

Plant Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-295

  Vignutelli, Alberto ^a   Wasternack, Claus ^b   Apel, Klaus ^a   Bohlmann, Holger ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CLONING; DELETION MUTAGENESIS; LOCAL INDUCTION; METHYL JASMONATE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT GENETICS; RNA SPLICING; SYSTEMIC INDUCTION; THIONIN GENE; WOUND;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 0032077247     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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