The Arabidopsis elongator complex subunit2 epigenetically regulates plant immune responses

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 762-776

  Wang, Yongsheng ^a   An, Chuanfu ^a   Zhang, Xudong ^a   Yao, Jiqiang ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^a   Sun, Yijun ^a   Yu, Fahong ^a   Amador, David Moraga ^a   Moua, Zhonglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84875500553     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.109116     Document Type: Article

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