Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici microRNA-like RNA 1 (Pst-milR1), an important pathogenicity factor of Pst, impairs wheat resistance to Pst by suppressing the wheat pathogenesis-related 2 gene

New Phytologist

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 338-350

  Wang, Bing ^a   Sun, Yanfei ^a   Song, Na ^a   Zhao, Mengxin ^a   Liu, Rui ^a   Feng, Hao ^a   Wang, Xiaojie ^a   Kang, Zhensheng ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

host induced gene silencing (HIGS); pathogenesis related (PR) gene; Pst Dicer like protein (PsDCL); Puccinia striiformis (Pst); Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici microRNA like RNA 1 (Pst milR1)

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; RNA; RUST DISEASE; WHEAT;

PUCCINIA STRIIFORMIS; PUCCINIA STRIIFORMIS F. SP. TRITICI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

MICRORNA;

BASIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE; WHEAT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MICRORNAS; PLANT DISEASES; TRITICUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85018966505     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14577     Document Type: Article

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