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The ethylene response factor Pti5 contributes to potato aphid resistance in tomato independent of ethylene signalling.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Feb 2015
Wu Chengjun, Avila Carlos A, Goggin Fiona L
Abstract excerpt
Ethylene response factors (ERFs) comprise a large family of transcription factors that regulate numerous biological processes including growth, development, and response to environmental stresses. Here, we report that Pti5, an ERF in tomato [Solanum lycopersicum (Linnaeus)] was transcriptionally upregulated in response to the potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas), and contributed to plant defences that...
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