Transgenic aequorin monitors cytosolic calcium transients in soybean cells challenged with β-glucan or chitin elicitors

Planta

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 566-574

  Mithöfer, Axel ^a   Ebel, Jürgen ^a   Bhagwat, Arvind A ^b,c   Boller, Thomas ^d   Neuhaus Url, Gabriele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glucan elicitor; Aequorin; Cytosolic calcium; Glycine (Ca2+ transients)

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; BETA GLUCAN; CHITIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; HEPTA BETA GLUCOSIDE; N,N',N'',N''' TETRAACETYLCHITOTETRATOSE; NEOMYCIN; PHYTOALEXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0040318500     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050519     Document Type: Article

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