A chalcone synthase with an unusual substrate preference is expressed in barley leaves in response to UV light and pathogen attack

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 849-857

  Christensen, Anders B ^a   Gregersen, Per L ^a   Schröder, Joahim ^b   Collinge, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blumeria graminis (syn. Erysiphe graminis); Defence response; Flavonoids; Hordeum vulgare; Phytoalexins; UV response

Indexed keywords

4 COUMAROYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAFFEOYL COENZYME A; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; CINNAMOYL COENZYME A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERULOYL COENZYME A; INOCULATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HORDEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BLUMERIA; BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; BLUMERIA GRAMINIS F. SP. HORDEI; EMBRYOPHYTA; ERYSIPHE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0032127574     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006031822141     Document Type: Article

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