Silencing MPK4 in Nicotiana attenuata enhances photosynthesis and seed production but compromises abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure and guard cell-mediated resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000

Plant Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 759-776

  Hettenhausen, Christian ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a   Wu, Jianqiang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; NICOTIANA RUSTICA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84863055590     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.190074     Document Type: Article

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