ERF5 and ERF6 play redundant roles as positive regulators of JA/Et-mediated defense against botrytis cinerea in arabidopsis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Moffat, Caroline S ^a,b   Ingle, Robert A ^c   Wathugala, Deepthi L ^a,d   Saunders, Nigel J ^e   Knight, Heather ^a   Knight, Marc R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 14; ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 5; ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 6; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ORA59; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; DEFENSIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PR 1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PR-1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT IMMUNITY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; BOTRYTIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BOTRYTIS; CYCLOPENTANES; DEFENSINS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84860381251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035995     Document Type: Article

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