Activation of shikimate, phenylpropanoid, oxylipins, and auxin pathways in Pectobacterium carotovorum elicitors-treated moss

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue MAR2016, 2016, Pages

  Alvarez, Alfonso ^a,b   Montesano, Marcos ^b   Schmelz, Eric ^c   Ponce de León, Inés ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin; Cell wall; Defense; Pectobacterium carotovorum; Phenylpropanoid; Physcomitrella patens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961720053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00328     Document Type: Article

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