The floral transition is not the developmental switch that confers competence for the Arabidopsis age-related resistance response to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-246

  Wilson, Daniel C ^a   Carella, Philip ^a   Isaacs, Marisa ^a   Cameron, Robin K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age related resistance; Arabidopsis; Developmental resistance; Flowering; Photoperiod; Pseudomonas syringae

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLOWERS; PHOTOPERIOD; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84884493530     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0083-7     Document Type: Article

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