A role for the GCC-box in jasmonate-mediated activation of the PDF1.2 gene of Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1020-1032

  Brown, Rebecca L ^a   Kazan, Kemal ^a   McGrath, Ken C ^a   Maclean, Don J ^a   Manners, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ETHYLENE; GENES;

DEFENSE RESPONSES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0038459120     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.017814     Document Type: Article

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