Pti4 is induced by ethylene and salicylic acid, and its product is phosphorylated by the Pto kinase

Plant Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 771-785

  Gu, Yong Qiang ^a   Yang, Caimei ^a   Thara, Venkatappa K ^b   Zhou, Jianmin ^b   Martin, Gregory B ^a,c  

^a Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ETHYLENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE PRODUCT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PTI4 GENE; PTO KINASE; SALICYLIC ACID; TOMATO; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0034113178     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.5.771     Document Type: Article

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