Cuiiin-RING ubiquitin ligases in salicylic acid-mediated piant immune signaiing

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Furniss, James J ^a   Spoe, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuiiin RING iigase (CRL); Gene expression; NPR1; Piant immunity; Proteasome; Salicylic acid (SA); Transcription activator; Ubiquitin iigase

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84928007583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00154     Document Type: Article

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