Optimized agroinfiltration and virus-induced gene silencing to study ve1-mediated verticillium resistance in tobacco

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-190

  Zhang, Zhao ^a,b   Fradin, Emilie ^a,c   De Jonge, Ronnie ^a   Van Esse, H Peter ^a   Smit, Patrick ^b   Liu, Chun Ming ^a   Thomma, Bart P H J ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VE1 PROTEIN, LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VERTICILLIUM; VIROLOGY;

CELL DEATH; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; VERTICILLIUM;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA GLUTINOSA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANACEAE; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 84872324356     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-06-12-0161-R     Document Type: Article

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