MPK6, sphinganine and the LCB2a gene from serine palmitoyltransferase are required in the signaling pathway that mediates cell death induced by long chain bases in Arabidopsis

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 943-957

  Saucedo García, Mariana ^a   Guevara García, Arturo ^b   González Solís, Ariadna ^a   Cruz García, Felipe ^a   Vázquez Santana, Sonia ^a   Markham, Jonathan E ^c   Lozano Rosas, M Guadalupe ^a   Dietrich, Charles R ^c   Ramos Vega, Maricela ^b   Cahoon, Edgar B ^d   Gavilanes Ruíz, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fumonisin B1; Long chain bases; MAPK signaling; MPK6; Programmed cell death; Serine palmitoyltransferase; Sphingoid bases; Sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B1; LCB2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MKP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MPK6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SAFINGOL; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE;

CELL ORGANELLE; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS; SEEDLING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHLOROPLAST; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; CHLOROPLASTS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FUMONISINS; GENOTYPE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEEDLING; SERINE C-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOSINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SPHINGOIDEA;

EID: 80051590709     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03727.x     Document Type: Article

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