Activation of defense mechanisms against pathogens in mosses and flowering plants

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 3178-3200

  de León, Inés Ponce ^a   Montesano, Marcos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Defense genes; Defense hormones; Defense mechanisms; Flowering plants; Physcomitrella patens; Programmed cell death; ROS

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; AUXIN; CELL WALL DEGRADING ENZYME; CUTINASE; ENZYME; ETHYLENE; FLAVONOID; PEROXIDASE; PHYTOALEXIN; PHYTOHORMONE; POLYGALACTURONASE; PROTEIN PEP1; PROTEINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANGIOSPERM; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTIC STRESS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL WALL; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HORMONE ACTION; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOSS; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PAL GENE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT STRESS; PR1 GENE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYTHIUM DEBARYANUM; PYTHIUM IRREGULARE; RESPIRATORY BURST; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84875087582     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14023178     Document Type: Review

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