Induced genome-wide binding of three arabidopsis WRKY transcription factors during early MAMP-triggered immunity

Plant Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 20-38

  Birkenbihl, Rainer P ^a   Kracher, Barbara ^a   Somssich, Imre E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRKY18 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; WRKY33 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; WRKY40 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT IMMUNITY; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENOME, PLANT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85012118451     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00681     Document Type: Article

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