Antisense expression of the Arabidopsis thaliana AtPGIP1 gene reduces polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein accumulation and enhances susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 931-936

  Ferrari, Simone ^a,b   Galletti, Roberta ^a   Vairo, Donatella ^a   Cervone, Felice ^a   De Lorenzo, Giulia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pectic enzymes

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PGIP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PGIP2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BOTRYTIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, ANTISENSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 33746224382     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-19-0931     Document Type: Article

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