Ultraviolet-B-induced stress and changes in gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana: Role of signalling pathways controlled by jasmonic acid, ethylene and reactive oxygen species

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1413-1423

  A H Mackerness, Soheila ^a   Surplus, S L ^a   Blake, P ^b   John, C F ^a   Buchanan Wollaston, V ^a   Jordan, B R ^c   Thomas, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Defencin gene; Ethylene; Jasmonic acid; Pathogenesis related genes; Photosynthetic genes; Reactive oxygen species; Salicylic acid; Ultraviolet B radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032709341     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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