The plant disease resistance gene Asc-1 prevents disruption of sphingolipid metabolism during AAL-toxin-induced programmed cell death

Plant Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 561-572

  Spassieva, Stefka D ^a   Markham, Jonathan E ^a   Hille, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AAL toxin; Alternaria alternata f.sp. lycopersici; Ceramide; Programmed cell death; Sphinganine N acyltransferase; Sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; PLANT CELL CULTURE; STRAIN; YEAST;

CELL DEATH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALTERNARIA; APOPTOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MYCOTOXINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0038236630     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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