Alternative splicing is required for RCT1-mediated disease resistance in Medicago truncatula

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 367-374

  Tang, Fang ^a   Yang, Shengming ^a   Gao, Muqiang ^a   Zhu, Hongyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Disease resistance; Medicago; RCT1

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; COLLETOTRICHUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; COLLETOTRICHUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM TRIFOLII; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84879155015     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0068-6     Document Type: Article

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