Plant resistance against the parasitic nematode Heterodera schachtii is mediated by MPK3 and MPK6 kinases, which are controlled by the MAPK phosphatase AP2C1 in Arabidopsis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-118

  Sidonskaya, Ekaterina ^a   Schweighofer, Alois ^b,c   Shubchynskyy, Volodymyr ^b   Kammerhofer, Nina ^a   Hofmann, Julia ^a   Wieczorek, Krzysztof ^a   Meskiene, Irute ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Heterodera schachtii; MAPK phosphatase; MAPK signalling; Plant nematode interactions; Plant pathogen response; PP2C phosphatase

Indexed keywords

AP2C1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATMPK3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MPK6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYLENCHOIDEA;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYLENCHOIDEA;

EID: 84954529816     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv440     Document Type: Article

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