Ethylene response factor 1 mediates Arabidopsis resistance to the soilborne fungus Fusarium oxysporum

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 763-770

  Berrocal Lobo, Marta ^a,b   Molina, Antonio ^a  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

EREBP; Plant defense; Signal transduction pathways

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CONGLUTINANS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; FUSARIUM SP.; PLECTOSPHAERELLA CUCUMERINA;

EID: 2942645004     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.7.763     Document Type: Article

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