Assessing functional role of three water deficit stress-induced genes in nonhost disease resistance using virus-induced gene silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 586-590

  Senthil Kumar, Muthappa ^a,b   Mysore, Kirankumar S ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Drought tolerance; F3OGT; Hypersensitive response; Lignin; Multi stress tolerance; Nonhost resistance; Pseudomonas syringae; VIGS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CAFFEOYL-COA O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FLAVONOL 3-O-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT VIRUS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOBACCO; VIROLOGY;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CELL DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT VIRUSES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOBACCO;

EID: 77954975534     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.11497     Document Type: Article

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