The Arabidopsis immune adaptor SRFR1 interacts with TCP transcription factors that redundantly contribute to effector-triggered immunity

Plant Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 978-989

  Kim, Sang Hee ^a   Son, Geon Hui ^a,b   Bhattacharjee, Saikat ^a,c   Kim, Hye Jin ^b   Nam, Ji Chul ^a,d   Nguyen, Phuong Dung T ^a   Hong, Jong Chan ^a,b   Gassmann, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c REGIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; effector triggered immunity; Pseudomonas syringae; SRFR1; TCP transcription factors; transcriptional regulation; yeast two hybrid assay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EFFECTOR-TRIGGERED IMMUNITY; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SRFR1; TCP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; YEAST TWO-HYBRID ASSAYS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; SRFR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84902303113     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12527     Document Type: Article

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