Activation of the promoter of the Tnt1 retrotransposon in tomato after inoculation with the fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 592-603

  Mhiri, Corinne ^a   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^b   Grandbastien, Marie Angèle ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lycopersicon esculentum; Pathogen attack; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MYCOSIS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; TOMATO;

CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM;

EID: 0032968775     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.7.592     Document Type: Article

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