Members of the Arabidopsis WRKY group III transcription factors are part of different plant defense signaling pathways

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-305

  Kalde, Monika ^a   Barth, Meike ^a   Somssich, Imre E ^a   Lippok, Bernadette ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ascomycete Blumeria graminis; nahG; Oomycete; pad4; RPP2; RPP4

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; HYALOPERONOSPORA PARASITICA; PERONOSPORA; PERONOSPORA PARASITICA; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0037384224     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2003.16.4.295     Document Type: Article

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