Activation of a Stress-Responsive Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade Induces the Biosynthesis of Ethylene in Plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2707-2718

  Kim, Cha Young ^a   Liu, Yidong ^a   Thorne, Eleanor T ^b   Yang, Heping ^a   Fukushige, Hirotada ^c   Gassmann, Walter ^b   Hildebrand, David ^c   Sharp, Robert E ^b   Zhang, Shuqun ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; TOBACCO;

ABIOTIC SOURCES; BIOTIC SOURCES; PHOSPHORYLATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0344083620     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.011411     Document Type: Article

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