Identification of coffee WRKY transcription factor genes and expression profiling in resistance responses to pathogens

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 767-781

  Ramiro, Daniel ^a   Jalloul, Aida ^b   Petitot, Anne Sophie ^a   Grossi de Sá, Maria Fátima ^c   Maluf, Mirian P ^d   Fernandez, Diana ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coffea arabica; Regulator genes; Rust disease

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COFFEA; COFFEA ARABICA; UREDINALES;

EID: 77957127428     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-010-0290-1     Document Type: Article

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