U-box E3 ubiquitin ligase PUB17 acts in the nucleus to promote specific immune pathways triggered by Phytophthora infestans

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3189-3199

  He, Qin ^a,b,c   McLellan, Hazel ^b,c   Boevink, Petra C ^c   Sadanandom, Ari ^d   Xie, Conghua ^a   Birch, Paul R J ^b,c   Tian, Zhendong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Effector triggered immunity; Hypersensitive response; Oomycete; Plant defence; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; TOBACCO;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE SILENCING; MUTATION; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 84940707126     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv128     Document Type: Article

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