Are elicitins cryptograms in plant-Oomycete communications?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1020-1047

  Ponchet, M ^a   Panabieres F ^a   Milat, M L ^a   Mikes, V ^b   Montillet, J L ^c   Suty, L ^a   Triantaphylides, C ^c   Tirilly, Y ^d   Blein, J P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c IRFM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell death; Elicitin; Hypersensitivity; LTP; Phytophthora; Pythium; Resistance; SAR; SCP; Signaling; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CRYPTOGEIN; ELICITIN; LIPID; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOBACCO;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ERGOSTEROL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, TOXIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO;

FUNGI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA; PICHIA PASTORIS; PYTHIACEAE; PYTHIUM;

EID: 0033386388     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050491     Document Type: Review

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