Role of polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein in plant defense

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-100

  Di, Cuixia ^a   Zhang, Manxiao ^a   Xu, Shijian ^a   Cheng, Tuo ^a   An, Lizhe ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nitric Oxide (NO); Polygalacturonase inhibiting Protein (PGIP); Resistance

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOPROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; LEUCINE RICH PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYGALACTURONASE INHIBITING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; PGIP PROTEIN, PLANT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOTIC STRESS; CELL WALL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; DRUG ANTAGONISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYGALACTURONASE;

EID: 33646768580     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410600709834     Document Type: Review

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