Study on Citrus Response to Huanglongbing Highlights a Down-Regulation of Defense-Related Proteins in Lemon Plants Upon 'Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus' Infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Nwugo, Chika C ^a   Duan, Yongping ^b   Lin, Hong ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUANGLONGBING; LEMON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT NUTRIENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CITRUS; DOWN-REGULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84879225488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067442     Document Type: Article

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