TcNPR3 from Theobroma cacao functions as a repressor of the pathogen defense response

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shi, Zi ^a   Zhang, Yufan ^a   Maximova, Siela N ^b   Guiltinan, Mark J ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cacao; Negative regulator; NPR1; NPR3; Plant defense

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RHIZOBIUM; THEOBROMA CACAO;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NPR3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CACAO; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CACAO; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84889016107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-204     Document Type: Article

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