Signal transduction and transcriptional regulation of plant defence responses

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-74

  Jalali, B L ^a,b   Bhargava, S ^a   Kamble, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Defence signalling; Ethylene; Jasmonate; Salicylic acid; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

PLANT DEFENSE;

EID: 33645213910     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2006.01073.x     Document Type: Review

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