A Phaseolus vulgaris NADPH Oxidase Gene is Required for Root Infection by Rhizobia

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1751-1767

  Montiel, Jesús ^a   Nava, Noreide ^a   Cárdenas, Luis ^a   Sánchez López, Rosana ^a   Arthikala, Manoj Kumar ^a   Santana, Olivia ^a   Sánchez, Federico ^a   Quinto, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Rbohs; Rhizobia; ROS; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE FORMING ENZYME; SUPEROXIDE-FORMING ENZYME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASEOLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOBIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NADPH OXIDASE; PHASEOLUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RHIZOBIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84867535650     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs120     Document Type: Article

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