Roles for jasmonate- and ethylene-induced transcription factors in the ability of Arabidopsis to respond differentially to damage caused by two insect herbivores

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Rehrig, Erin M ^a   Appel, Heidi M ^b   Jones, A Daniel ^c   Schultz, Jack C ^b  

^a FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; ERFs; Ethylene; Herbivory; Jasmonate; Transcription factors; Wounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907328397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00407     Document Type: Article

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