Silencing of the mitogen-activated protein kinase MPK6 compromises disease resistance in arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 897-907

  Menke, Frank L H ^a,b   Van Pelt, Johan A ^b   Pieterse, Corné M J ^b   Klessig, Daniel F ^a  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; ENZYMES; GENES; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE (MAPK); PATHOGENS; VIRULENT STRAINS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; HYALOPERONOSPORA PARASITICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PERONOSPORA; PERONOSPORA PARASITICA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 1842813463     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.015552     Document Type: Article

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