Genomic and Genetic Analysis of Plant Parasitism and Defense

• Author(s): Shinji Tsuyumu,
• Publisher: APS Press
• Pages: 301
• ISBN_10: 0890543232
  ISBN_13: 9780890543238
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Life Sciences / Botany , Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General ,

Description:... Global analysis of agrobacterium-plant interactions; Functional genomic analysis of Pseudomonas syringae-plant interactions; Bacterial genes involved in interactions with plants; Molecular basis of virulence in Ustilago maydis; Conditionally dispensable chromosomes controlling pathogenicity of Alteraria alternate; Genetic analysis of fungal pathogenesis: penetration and establishment; Bacterial virulence factors: strategies for disrupting plant defense; Bacterial flagellins as elicitors of the defense response; Molecular genetic analysis of AvrRpt2 activity in promoting virulence of Pseudomonas syringae; Recognition of the bacterial effector protein AvrPto in soybean- a case of hr-independent resistance; Defense signaling and the plant cell wall-a new signaling pathway dependent upon inorganic phosphate; Use of expression profiling in studies of gene-for-gene resistance; Evolution of disease resistance genes; The extracellular matrix of conidia of powdery mildew fungi: its functions and involvement in information exchange with host cells; Dissection of durable resistance in rice; Analysis of rice-blast interactions focused on chitinolytic enzymes and chitin; Signal transduction pathways governing resistance to cucumber mosaic virus; The superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase in plants: its molecular basis and role in induction of local and systemic induced resistance against pathogens; Programmed cell death in the disease response; Telomerase functions in plant pathogenesis; Apoptotic response during pathogen attack in oats; Use of expression profiling to explore disease resistance signaling in plants; Signal transduction in TMV-infected and wounded tobacco plants; Role of a mitochondrial gene in controlling specificity in plant disease; The effects of deoxynivalenol on barley leaf tissues.