Tell me more: Roles of NPRs in plant immunity

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 402-411

  Pajerowska Mukhtar, Karolina M ^a   Emerine, David K ^a   Mukhtar, M Shahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

NPR1; NPR3; NPR4; proteasome mediated degradation.; salicylic acid receptor; systemic acquired resistance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

SALICYLIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT PROTEINS; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880786504     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.04.004     Document Type: Review

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