Assessing the role of ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR transcriptional repressors in salicylic acid-mediated suppression of jasmonic acid-responsive genes

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 266-278

  Caarls, Lotte ^a   Der Does, Dieuwertje Van ^a   Hickman, Richard ^a   Jansen, Wouter ^a   Van Verk, Marcel C ^a   Proietti, Silvia ^a   Lorenzo, Oscar ^b   Solano, Roberto ^c   Pieterse, Corne M J ^a   Van Wees, Saskia C M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; ERF transcription factors; Hormone cross talk; Jasmonic acid; Salicylic acid; TOPLESS

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; ORA59 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85019848123     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw187     Document Type: Article

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