Involvement of ethylene biosynthesis and perception in the susceptibility of citrus fruits to Penicillium digitatum infection and the accumulation of defence-related mRNAs

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 418, 2005, Pages 2183-2193

  Marcos, Jose F ^a   González Candelas, Luis ^a   Zacarías, Lorenzo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrus fruits; Defence response; Ethylene biosynthesis; Ethylene perception; Penicillium digitatum; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; RNA;

DEFENSE RESPONSE; ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS; ETHYLENE PERCEPTION; PENCILLIUM DIGITATUM; REGULATORY MECHANISMS;

FRUITS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRUS FRUITS; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; GENES; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

1 METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SWEET ORANGE;

CITRUS SINENSIS; CYCLOPROPANES; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PENICILLIUM; PLANT DISEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 24944588454     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri218     Document Type: Article

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