The role of ethylene in host-pathogen interactions

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 393-416

  Broekaert, Willem F ^a,b   Delauré, Stijn L ^a   De Bolle, Miguel F C ^a   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CropDesign NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Induced resistance; Jasmonic acid; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33748938409     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.44.070505.143440     Document Type: Review

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