A gain-of-function mutation in an Arabidopsis Toll Interleukin1 Receptor-Nucleotide Binding Site-Leucine-Rich Repeat type R gene triggers defense responses and results in enhanced disease resistance

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3149-3162

  Shirano, Yumiko ^a,b   Kachroo, Pradeep ^a,b,c   Shah, Jyoti ^a,d   Klessig, Daniel F ^a,b  

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

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; DISEASES; GENES; MUTAGENS;

ARABIDOPSIS; INSENSITIVITY;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036914733     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.005348     Document Type: Article

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