Expansins are involved in the formation of nematode-induced syncytia in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-112

  Wieczorek, Krzysztof ^a   Golecki, Bettina ^b,d   Gerdes, Lars ^b,e   Heinen, Petra ^a   Szakasits, Dagmar ^a   Durachko, Daniel M ^c   Cosgrove, Daniel J ^c   Kreil, David P ^a   Puzio, Piotr S ^b,f   Bohlmann, Holger ^a   Grundler, Florian M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALW Kiel ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f Metanomics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Expansins; Genechip; Heterodera schachtii; In situ RT PCR; Plant pathogens

Indexed keywords

EXPANSINS; GENECHIP; HETERODERA SCHACHTII; IN SITU RT-PCR; PLANT PATHOGENS;

CELL CULTURE; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; EXPANSIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GIANT CELL; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL FUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, REPORTER; GIANT CELLS; GLUCURONIDASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TYLENCHOIDEA; UP-REGULATION;

CELL WALLS; CELLS; GENES; GROWTH; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HETERODERA SCHACHTII;

EID: 33748620038     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02856.x     Document Type: Article

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