Members of the ethylene signalling pathway are regulated in sugarcane during the association with nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacteria

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 673-686

  Cavalcante, J J V ^a,b   Vargas, C ^a,b   Nogueira, E M ^a,b   Vinagre, F ^a,b   Schwarcz, K ^a,b   Baldani, J I ^c   Ferreira, P C G ^a,b   Hemerly, A S ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Diazotrophic endophytes; ERF; Ethylene signalling; ethylene responsive factor; Plant microbe interaction; Receptor; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ETHYLENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION (BNF) RATES; DIAZOTROPHIC ENDOPHYTES; ETHYLENE RECEPTOR; ETHYLENE SIGNALLING; ETHYLENE-RESPONSIVE FACTOR; PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTION;

SUGAR CANE;

BACTERIA; ETHYLENE; SUGAR CANE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33847647207     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl242     Document Type: Article

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