Functional analysis of the theobroma cacao NPR1 gene in arabidopsis

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shi, Zi ^a   Maximova, Siela N ^b   Liu, Yi ^a   Verica, Joseph ^b   Guiltinan, Mark J ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA; CARICA PAPAYA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; THEOBROMA CACAO;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; JASMONIC ACID; NPR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; SALICYLIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CACAO; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CACAO; CELL NUCLEUS; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICYLIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 78149432201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-248     Document Type: Article

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