Overexpression of Arabidopsis ceramide synthases differentially affects growth, sphingolipid metabolism, programmed cell death, and mycotoxin resistance

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1108-1117

  Luttgeharm, Kyle D ^a   Chen, Ming ^a   Mehra, Amit ^a   Cahoon, Rebecca E ^a   Markham, Jonathan E ^a   Cahoon, Edgar B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DIHYDROCERAMIDE DESATURASE; FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B1; MYCOTOXIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SALICYLIC ACID; SPHINGOLIPID;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; FUMONISINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; MYCOTOXINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALICYLIC ACID; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 84942850667     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00987     Document Type: Article

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