Tandemly duplicated Arabidopsis genes that encode polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins are regulated coordinately by different signal transduction pathways in response to fungal infection

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-106

  Ferrari, Simone ^a   Vairo, Donatella ^b   Ausubel, Frederick M ^a   Cervone, Felice ^b   De Lorenzo, Giulia ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; FUNGUS ATTACK; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS GENES; FUNGAL POLYGALACTURONASES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0347925092     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.005165     Document Type: Article

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