The Arabidopsis ceramidase AtACER functions in disease resistance and salt tolerance

Plant Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 767-780

  Wu, Jian Xin ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Liu, Zhe ^a   Yin, Jian ^a   Chang, Zhen Yi ^a   Rong, Chan ^a   Wu, Jia Li ^a   Bi, Fang Cheng ^a   Yao, Nan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; ceramidase; ceramide; defense; salt tolerance; sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

ALKANOLAMINES; CLONING; FATTY ACIDS; MAMMALS; RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CERAMIDASE; CERAMIDE; DEFENSE; SALT TOLERANCE; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

CERAMIDES;

ACER; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CERAMIDASE; CERAMIDE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STOMA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CERAMIDASES; CERAMIDES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI APPARATUS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEEDLINGS; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOSINE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84923415814     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12769     Document Type: Article

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