RNA-directed RNA polymerase 1 (RdR1) mediates the resistance of Nicotiana attenuata to herbivore attack in nature

Plant Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-53

  Pandey, Shree P ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Herbivore resistance; Nicotiana attenuata; Nicotine biosynthesis; RdR1; RNA directed RNA polymerase; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

HERBIVORE RESISTANCE; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; NICOTINE BIOSYNTHESIS; RDR1; RNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

RNA;

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; LARVA; MANDUCA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA REPLICASE; TOBACCO;

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TUPIOCORIS NOTATUS;

EID: 33947641079     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03030.x     Document Type: Article

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