Herbivory rapidly activates MAPK signaling in attacked and unattacked leaf regions but not between leaves of Nicotiana attenuata

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1096-1122

  Wu, Jianqiang ^a   Hettenhausen, Christian ^a   Meldau, Stefan ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE (MAPK); ORAL SECRETIONS (OS); SALICYLIC ACID-INDUCED PROTEIN KINASE (SIPK);

ENZYMES;

ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; PLANTS;

MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA;

EID: 34250613463     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.049353     Document Type: Article

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