Overexpression of a novel peanut NBS-LRR gene AhRRS5 enhances disease resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in tobacco

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 39-55

  Zhang, Chong ^a   Chen, Hua ^a   Cai, Tiecheng ^a   Deng, Ye ^a   Zhuang, Ruirong ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Zeng, Yuanhuan ^a   Zheng, Yixiong ^a,b   Tang, Ronghua ^c   Pan, Ronglong ^d   Zhuang, Weijian ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhongkai University of Agricultural and Engineering   (China)

^c NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; bacterial wilt; NPR1; resistance gene; signal transduction; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHEPHON; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARACHIS; CELL NUCLEUS; COLD; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACETATES; ARACHIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CYCLOPENTANES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXYLIPINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SALICYLIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84979294923     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12589     Document Type: Article

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