Pathogenesis-related genes and proteins in forest tree species

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 993-1006

  Veluthakkal, Radha ^a   Dasgupta, Modhumita Ghosh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOREST GENETICS AND TREE BREEDING   (India)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Host pathogen interaction; Hypersensitive reaction; Selection pressure; Systemic acquired resistance

Indexed keywords

GENE DUPLICATIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPERSENSITIVE REACTION; SELECTION PRESSURES; SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE;

CROPS; ECOLOGY; GENES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

PATHOGENS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CASTANEA; EUCALYPTUS; PICEA; POPULUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 78349305986     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0489-7     Document Type: Review

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