Functional redundancy in the Arabidopsis Cathepsin B gene family contributes to basal defence, the hypersensitive response and senescence

New Phytologist

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 408-418

  McLellan, Hazel ^a,b   Gilroy, Eleanor M ^b   Yun, Byung Wook ^a   Birch, Paul R J ^b,c   Loake, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal defence; Disease resistance; Hypersensitive response (HR); Programmed cell death (PCD); Senescence

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B;

BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUTATION; PROTEIN; SENESCENCE;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; CATHEPSIN B; CELL AGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 67649482672     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02865.x     Document Type: Article

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