Sulfur-enhanced defence: Effects of sulfur metabolism, nitrogen supply, and pathogen lifestyle

Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 608-619

  Kruse, C ^a   Jost, R ^b   Lipschis, M ^a   Kopp, B ^a   Hartmann, M ^a   Hell, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Expression profiling; Glucosinolates; Glutathione; Pathogen resistance; Sulfur metabolism; Sulfur nutrition; Thionin

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SULFUR;

GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MOSS; NITROGEN; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; PLANT DEFENSE; SULFUR;

IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW;

IMMUNITY, NATURAL; NITROGEN; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; SULFUR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34848880452     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965432     Document Type: Review

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