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Rice WRKY45 plays important roles in fungal and bacterial disease resistance

  1. MASAKI SHIMONO1,†,‡,
  2. HIRONORI KOGA2,‡,
  3. AYA AKAGI1,
  4. NAGAO HAYASHI1,
  5. SHINGO GOTO1,
  6. MIYUKI SAWADA2,
  7. TAKAYUKI KURIHARA2,
  8. AKANE MATSUSHITA1,
  9. SHOJI SUGANO1,
  10. CHANG-JIE JIANG1,
  11. HISATOSHI KAKU1,§,
  12. HARUHIKO INOUE1,
  13. HIROSHI TAKATSUJI1,*

Article first published online: 4 JUL 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00732.x

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Molecular Plant Pathology

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volume 13, Issue 1, pages 83–94, January 2012

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SHIMONO, M., KOGA, H., AKAGI, A., HAYASHI, N., GOTO, S., SAWADA, M., KURIHARA, T., MATSUSHITA, A., SUGANO, S., JIANG, C.-J., KAKU, H., INOUE, H. and TAKATSUJI, H. (2012), Rice WRKY45 plays important roles in fungal and bacterial disease resistance. Molecular Plant Pathology, 13: 83–94. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00732.x

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  1. 1

    Disease Resistant Crops Research Unit, GMO Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan

  2. 2

    Department of Bioproduction Science, Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, 1-308 Suematsu, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan

  1. †

    Present address: Michigan State University, Department of Plant Pathology, 104 Center for Integrated Plant Systems, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

  2. §

    Present address: Sakata Seed Corporation, Kimitsu Research Station, 358 Uchikoshi, Sodegaura, Chiba 299-00217, Japan.

  3. ‡

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

* Email: takatsuh@affrc.go.jp

  1. †

    Present address: Michigan State University, Department of Plant Pathology, 104 Center for Integrated Plant Systems, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

  2. §

    Present address: Sakata Seed Corporation, Kimitsu Research Station, 358 Uchikoshi, Sodegaura, Chiba 299-00217, Japan.

  3. ‡

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

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