The promoter of the plant defensin gene PDF1.2 from Arabidopsis is systemically activated by fungal pathogens and responds to methyl jasmonate but not to salicylic acid

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1071-1080

  Manners, John M ^a,b   Penninckx, Iris A M A ^a   Vermaere, Katrien ^a   Kazan, Kemal ^b   Brown, Rebecca L ^b   Morgan, Andrew ^b   Maclean, Donald J ^b   Curtis, Mark D ^b   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a   Broekaert, Willem F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Antimicrobial; Ethylene; Glucuronidase; Peptide

Indexed keywords

1,2,3 BENZOTHIODIAZOLE 7 CARBOTHIOIC ACID S METHYL ESTER; 2,6 DICHLOROISONICOTINIC ACID; ALTERNARIA BRASSICOLA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; DEFENSIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ECOTYPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; METHYL JASMONATE; PARAQUAT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETIC ACIDS; ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOTRYTIS; CYCLOPENTANES; DEFENSINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; ISONICOTINIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ARABIDOPSIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 6544244002     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006070413843     Document Type: Article

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