Overexpression of NtERF5, a new member of the tobacco ethylene response transcription factor family enhances resistance to Tobacco mosaic virus

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1162-1171

  Fischer, Ute ^a,b   Dröge Laser, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Tmv resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 4544313873     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.10.1162     Document Type: Article

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