Coexpression of a defensin gene and a thionin-like gene via different signal transduction pathways in pepper and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides interactions

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-319

  Oh, Boung Jun ^a   Ko, Moon Kyung ^a   Kostenyuk, Igor ^a   Shin, Byongchul ^a   Kim, Kwang Sang ^a  

^a Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Defensin; Fruit ripening; Incompatible interaction; Pepper; Thionin

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT GENETICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CAPSICUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; CYCLOPENTANES; DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SALICYLIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOSOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA;

EID: 0344286670     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006336203621     Document Type: Article

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