Genetic evidence that expression of NahG modifies defence pathways independent of salicylic acid biosynthesis in the Arabidopsis-Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato interaction

Plant Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 342-352

  Heck, Silvia ^a   Grau, Theres ^a   Buchala, Antony ^a   Métraux, Jean Pierre ^a   Nawrath, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Defence signalling; Ethylene; Jasmonic acid; NahG; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SIGNALING;

MUTANTS; PHENOTYPES;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 0344530993     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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