Arabidopsis WRKY70 is required for full RPP4-mediated disease resistance and basal defense against Hyaloperonospora parasitica

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-128

  Knoth, Colleen ^a   Ringler, Jon ^a   Dangl, Jeffery L ^b   Eulgem, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASES; SALICYLIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; HYALOPERONOSPORA PARASITICA;

EID: 33846444699     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-20-2-0120     Document Type: Article

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