The Tomato Transcription Factor Pti4 Regulates Defense-Related Gene Expression via GCC Box and Non-GCC Box cis Elements

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3033-3050

  Chakravarthy, Suma ^a   Tuori, Robert P ^a   D'Ascenzo, Mark D ^a   Fobert, Pierre R ^b   Després, Charles ^c   Martin, Gregory B ^a,d  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYMES; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DISEASE RESISTANCE;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ERYSIPHE; ERYSIPHE ORONTII; GOLOVINOMYCES ORONTII; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SALVIA;

EID: 0346750615     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.017574     Document Type: Article

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