Early responses in the Arabidopsis-Verticillium longisporum pathosystem are dependent on NDR1, JA- and ET-associated signals via cytosolic NPR1 and RFO1

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 958-969

  Johansson, Anna ^a   Staal, Jens ^a   Dixelius, Christina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Natural variation; QTL; Verticillium wilt

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NDR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NPR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROTEIN KINASE; RFO1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VERTICILLIUM;

ACETIC ACIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYCLOPENTANES; CYTOSOL; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; GLUCURONIDASE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN KINASES; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTICILLIUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE VAR. LONGISPORUM;

EID: 33747460018     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-19-0958     Document Type: Article

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