The Arabidopsis extracellular UNUSUAL SERINE PROTEASE INHIBITOR functions in resistance to necrotrophic fungi and insect herbivory

Plant Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 480-494

  Laluk, Kristin ^a   Mengiste, Tesfaye ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Flowering; Insects; Necrotrophs; Protease inhibitors; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FLOWERING; INSECTS; NECROTROPHS; PROTEASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ETHYLENE; FUNGI; GENES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SALICYLIC ACID;

ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BOTRYTIS; CYCLOPENTANES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ARABIDOPSIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 84860389243     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04702.x     Document Type: Article

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