The MEKK1-MKK1/MKK2-MPK4 kinase cascade negatively regulates immunity mediated by a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2225-2236

  Kong, Qing ^a,b   Qu, Na ^a   Gao, Minghui ^a   Zhang, Zhibin ^a   Ding, Xiaojun ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Li, Yingzhong ^a   Dong, Oliver X ^c   Chen, She ^a   Li, Xin ^c   Zhang, Yuelin ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84863101666     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.097253     Document Type: Article

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