Gene expression profiling and silencing reveal that monolignol biosynthesis plays a critical role in penetration defence in wheat against powdery mildew invasion

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 509-521

  Bhuiyan, Nazmul H ^a   Selvaraj, Gopalan ^b   Wei, Yangdou ^a   King, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell autofluorescence; cell wall apposition; cereal; methylated monolignol

Indexed keywords

CAFFEATE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEATE O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; UPREGULATION; WHEAT;

ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL WALL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT EPIDERMIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRITICUM; UP-REGULATION;

BLUMERIA GRAMINIS F. SP. TRITICI; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM;

EID: 67650787446     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern290     Document Type: Article

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