Stabilization of cytokinin levels enhances arabidopsis resistance against Verticillium longisporum

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 850-860

  Reusche, Michael ^a   Klásková, Jana ^b   Thole, Karin ^a   Truskina, Jekaterina ^a   Novák, Ondřej ^b   Janz, Dennis ^c   Strnad, Miroslav ^b   Spíchal, Lukáš ^b   Lipka, Volker ^a   Teichmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO 6 (3 METHOXYPHENYL)AMINOPURINE; 2-CHLORO-6-(3-METHOXYPHENYL)AMINOPURINE; ADENINE; CYTOKININ; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; TIME; VERTICILLIUM;

ADENINE; ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOKININS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 84880053758     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-12-12-0287-R     Document Type: Article

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