Cytokinin concentrations and CHASE-DOMAIN CONTAINING HIS KINASE 2 (NaCHK2)- and NaCHK3-mediated perception modulate herbivory-induced defense signaling and defenses in Nicotiana attenuata

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 645-658

  Schäfer, Martin ^a   Meza Canales, Ivan D ^a   Brütting, Christoph ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a   Meldau, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c KWS SAAT SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokinin; Herbivory; Histidine kinase; Isopentenyltransferase; Jasmonic acid; Manduca sexta; Nicotiana attenuata; Phenolamide

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; FATTY ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; HORMONE; INHIBITOR; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SIGNALING; TOBACCO; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA;

CYTOKININ; MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO;

CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HERBIVORY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO;

EID: 84936177512     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13404     Document Type: Article

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