Identification of PAD2 as a γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase highlights the importance of glutathione in disease resistance of Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-172

  Parisy, Vincent ^a   Poinssot, Benoit ^a,c   Owsianowski, Lucas ^a   Buchala, Antony ^a   Glazebrook, Jane ^b   Mauch, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Camalexin; Phytophthora brassicae; Pseudomonas syringae

Indexed keywords

CAMALEXIN; GLUTATHIONE (GSH) BIOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPHTHORA BRASSICAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; DISEASES; ENZYMES; GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; DISEASES; ENZYMES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA BRASSICAE; PHYTOPHTHORA PORRI; PHYTOPHTHORA SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 33845620655     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02938.x     Document Type: Article

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