Leptosphaeria maculans effector AvrLm4-7 affects salicylic acid (SA) and ethylene (ET) signalling and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) accumulation in Brassica napus

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 818-831

  Nováková, Miroslava ^a,b   Šašek, Vladimír ^a   Trdá, Lucie ^a   Krutinová, Hana ^a,c   Mongin, Thomas ^d   Valentová, Olga ^b   Balesdent, Marie HelEne ^d   Rouxel, Thierry ^d   Burketová, Lenka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

AvrLm4 7; Brassica napus; effector; ethylene; Leptosphaeria; ROS; salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ALLELE; ASCOMYCETES; COTYLEDON; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RAPESEED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALLELES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCOMYCOTA; ASCORBIC ACID; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COTYLEDON; CYCLOPENTANES; ETHYLENES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85027956332     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12332     Document Type: Article

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