Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector PexRD2 interacts with host MAPKKKε to suppress plant immune signaling

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1345-1359

  King, Stuart R F ^a   McLellan, Hazel ^b   Boevink, Petra C ^c   Armstrong, Miles R ^b   Bukharov, Tatyana ^a,b   Sukarta, Octavina ^b   Win, Joe ^d   Kamoun, Sophien ^d   Birch, Paul R J ^b,c   Banfield, Mark J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84899148668     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.120055     Document Type: Article

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