Expression of a metacaspase gene of Nicotiana benthamiana after inoculation with Colletotrichum destructivum or Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, and the effect of silencing the gene on the host response

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1879-1888

  Hao, L ^a   Goodwin, P H ^a   Hsiang, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemibiotrophy; Hypersensitive response; Metacaspase; Necrosis; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELL DEATH; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; VIRUSES;

HEMIBIOTROPHY; HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE; INDUCED GENE SILENCING; METACASPASE; NECROSIS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

CASPASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOBACCO;

CASPASES; COLLETOTRICHUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; NECROSIS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOBACCO;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM DESTRUCTIVUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; POTATO VIRUS X; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 34548569030     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0387-7     Document Type: Article

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