Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato type III effectors AvrPto and AvrPtoB promote ethylene-dependent cell death in tomato

Plant Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-154

  Cohn, Jonathan R ^a   Martin, Gregory B ^a,b  

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

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease susceptibility; Ethylene; Pseudomonas; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ETHYLENE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; PSEUDOMONAS; TOMATO;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; CELLS; ETHYLENE; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

AVRPTO PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMATO;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33644814192     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HR05009     Document Type: Article

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