Maize EMBRYO SAC family peptides interact differentially with pollen tubes and fungal cells

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5205-5216

  Woriedh, Mayada ^a   Merkl, Rainer ^a   Dresselhaus, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine rich protein (CRP); defensin; Fusarium graminearum; maize; pollen tube; ROS; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLA ZEAE; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

PLANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT IMMUNITY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; USTILAGO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUSARIUM; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84939633367     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv268     Document Type: Article

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