A dynamic mathematical model to clarify signaling circuitry underlying programmed cell death control in arabidopsis disease resistance

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 426-442

  Agrawal, Vikas ^a   Zhang, Chu ^a   Shapiro, Allan D ^a   Dhurjati, Prasad S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISEASE CONTROL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM;

NETWORK CONTROL STRUCTURE; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 1842763827     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp034226s     Document Type: Article

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