Plant Defensin type 1 (PDF1): Protein promiscuity and expression variation within the Arabidopsis genus shed light on zinc tolerance acquisition in Arabidopsis halleri

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 820-833

  Shahzad, Zaigham ^a   Ranwez, Vincent ^b   Fizames, Cécile ^a   Marquès, Laurence ^a   Le Martret, Bénédicte ^a   Alassimone, Julien ^a   Godé, Cécile ^a   Lacombe, Eric ^a   Castillo, Teddy ^a   Saumitou Laprade, Pierre ^a   Berthomieu, Pierre ^a   Gosti, Françoise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR AGAP   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis genus; Arabidopsis halleri; Biotic and abiotic stresses; Comparative genomics; Gene duplication; Orthologues; Paralogues; Plant Defensin type 1; Zinc (Zn) tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EXTREMOPHILE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; LIGHT EFFECT; METAL; PLANT DEFENSE; PROTEIN; YEAST; ZINC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DEFENSIN; PDF1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS GENUS; ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI; ARTICLE; BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; FUSARIUM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGUES; PARALOGUES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DEFENSIN TYPE 1; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; YEAST; ZINC (ZN) TOLERANCE;

ARABIDOPSIS GENUS; ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI; BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; GENE DUPLICATION; ORTHOLOGUES; PARALOGUES; PLANT DEFENSIN TYPE 1; ZINC (ZN) TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DEFENSINS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YEASTS; ZINC;

EID: 84885425940     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12396     Document Type: Article

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