A Plant Caspase-Like Protease Activated during the Hypersensitive Response

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-171

  Chichkova, Nina V ^a   Kim, Sang Hyon ^b   Titova, Elena S ^a   Kalkum, Markus ^c   Morozov, Vasiliy S ^a   Rubtsov, Yuri P ^a   Kalinina, Natalia O ^a,b   Taliansky, Michael E ^b   Vartapetian, Andrey B ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH (PCD);

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0842291757     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.017889     Document Type: Article

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