The role of pectate lyase and the jasmonic acid defense response in Pseudomonas viridiflava virulence

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-158

  Jakob, Katrin ^a,b   Kniskern, Joel M ^a   Bergelson, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Mendel Biotechnology   (United States)

Author keywords

Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; PECTATE LYASE; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLOPENTANES; ETHYLENES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; PSEUDOMONAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; PSEUDOMONAS VIRIDIFLAVA;

EID: 33846419103     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-20-2-0146     Document Type: Article

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