The Mediator subunit SFR6/MED16 controls defence gene expression mediated by salicylic acid and jasmonate responsive pathways

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 217-230

  Wathugala, Deepthi L ^a   Hemsley, Piers A ^a   Moffat, Caroline S ^a   Cremelie, Pieter ^a   Knight, Marc R ^a   Knight, Heather ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ERF5; Jasmonic acid (JA); MED16; Mediator; Pseudomonas syringae; Salicylic acid (SA); SFR6; UV C

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; OXYLIPIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SFR6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; ORGANIC ACID; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84861479570     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04138.x     Document Type: Article

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