Interacting signal pathways control defense gene expression in Arabidopsis in response to cell wall-degrading enzymes from Erwinia carotovora

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 430-438

  Norman Setterblad, Cecilia ^a   Vidal, Sabina ^a   Palva, E Tapio ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elicitors; Soft rot

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL; DEFENSE GENE; ENZYMIC DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; JASMONIC ACID; MUTANT; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0034121355     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.4.430     Document Type: Article

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