A serine carboxypeptidase-like acyltransferase is required for synthesis of antimicrobial compounds and disease resistance in oats

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2473-2484

  Mugford, Sam T ^a   Qi, Xiaoquan ^a,d   Bakht, Saleha ^a   Hill, Lionel ^a   Wegel, Eva ^a,e   Hughes, Richard K ^a   Papadopoulou, Kalliopi ^a,f   Melton, Rachel ^a   Philo, Mark ^b   Sainsbury, Frank ^a   Lomonossoff, George P ^a   Roy, Abhijeet Deb ^c   Goss, Rebecca J M ^c   Osbourn, Anne ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AVENA; AVENA STRIGOSA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PENNELLII; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE; SOLANUM;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OAT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AVENA SATIVA; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 70349678827     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.065870     Document Type: Article

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