Within-species flagellin polymorphism in Xanthomonas campestris pv campestris and its impact on elicitation of Arabidopsis FLAGELLIN SENSING2-dependent defenses

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 764-779

  Sun, Wenxian ^a   Dunning, F Mark ^a   Pfund, Christine ^a   Weingarten, Rebecca ^a   Bent, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLINS; ELICITATION; MOLECULAR PATTERN; XANTHOMONAS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; PATHOGENS; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; FLS2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PR 1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PR-1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLAGELLIN; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 33646847604     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.037648     Document Type: Article

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