Early nuclear events in plant defence signalling: Rapid gene activation by WRKY transcription factors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 4689-4699

  Eulgem, Thomas ^a   Rushton, Paul J ^a   Schmelzer, Elmon ^a   Hahlbrock, Klaus ^a   Somssich, Imre E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cis acting elements; Fungal elicitor; Petroselinum crispum; Phytophthora sojae; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; RNA HYBRIDIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APIACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033200227     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.17.4689     Document Type: Article

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