Cotton WRKY1 mediates the plant defense-to- development transition during infection of cotton by verticillium dahliae by activating JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN1 expression

Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2179-2194

  Li, Chao ^a   He, Xin ^a   Luo, Xiangyin ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Liu, Linlin ^a   Min, Ling ^a   Jin, Li ^a   Zhu, Longfu ^a   Zhang, Xianlong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; GIBBERELLIN; JASMONIC ACID; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; VERTICILLIUM;

ACETATES; CYCLOPENTANES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; GOSSYPIUM; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 84914115562     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.246694     Document Type: Article

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