WRKY45-dependent priming of diterpenoid phytoalexin biosynthesis in rice and the role of cytokinin in triggering the reaction

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 171-183

  Akagi, Aya ^a,c   Fukushima, Setsuko ^a   Okada, Kazunori ^b   Jiang, Chang Jie ^a   Yoshida, Riichiro ^a,d   Nakayama, Akira ^a,e   Shimono, Masaki ^a,f   Sugano, Shoji ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^g   Takatsuji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MAEBASHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzothiadiazole; Cytokinin; Phytoalexin; Priming; Rice; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; DITERPENE; PHYTOALEXINS; SESQUITERPENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CYTOKININS; DITERPENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84921685727     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: 15735028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0221-x     Document Type: Article

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