The Arabidopsis ATAF1, a NAC transcription factor, is a negative regulator of defense responses against neurotrophic fungal and bacterial pathogens

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1227-1238

  Wang, XiaO'E ^a   Basnayake, B M Vindhya S ^a   Zhang, Huijuan ^a   Li, Guojun ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Virk, Nasar ^a   Mengiste, Tesfaye ^b   Song, Fengming ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATAF1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID;

ALTERNARIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALTERNARIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOTRYTIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; DOWN-REGULATION; GENES, PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALICYLIC ACID;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 70249148565     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-22-10-1227     Document Type: Article

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