Lignin metabolism has a central role in the resistance of cotton to the wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae as revealed by RNA-Seq-dependent transcriptional analysis and histochemistry

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5607-5621

  Xu, Li ^a   Zhu, Longfu ^a   Tu, Lili ^a   Liu, Linlin ^a   Yuan, Daojun ^a   Jin, Li ^a   Long, Lu ^a   Zhang, Xianlong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cotton; defence response; lignin; phenylpropanoid; RNA Seq; signal transduction; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VERTICILLIUM;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GOSSYPIUM; LIGNIN; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PLANT PROTEINS; VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 82255186203     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err245     Document Type: Article

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