RNA sequencing of Brassica napus reveals cellular redox control of Sclerotinia infection

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 5079-5091

  Girard, Ian J ^a   Tong, Chaobo ^b   Becker, Michael G ^a   Mao, Xingyu ^a   Huang, Junyan ^b   De Kievit, Teresa ^a   Fernando, Wg Dilantha ^a   Liu, Shengyi ^b   Belmonte, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; disease; oilseed rape; plant pathogen interactions; redox; RNA seq; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; transcription factor network

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ASCOMYCETES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RAPESEED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRASSICA NAPUS; ETHYLENES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 85034617729     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx338     Document Type: Article

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