Expression of a defense-related 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase gene in response to parasitization by Orobanche spp.

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 530-536

  Westwood, James H ^a   Yu, Xueshu ^a,b   Foy, Chester L ^a   Cramer, Carole L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broomrape; Nicotiana tabacum; Parasitic weed

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; OROBANCHACEAE; OROBANCHE; OROBANCHE AEGYPTIACA; TABACUM;

EID: 0032101352     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.6.530     Document Type: Article

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