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Luo, Z., and Chen, Z. (2007) Improperly terminated, unpolyadenylated mRNA of sense transgenes is targeted by RDR6-mediated RNA silencing in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19:943-958.
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Zheng, Z., Abu Qamar, S., Chen, Z., and Mengiste, T. (2006) The Arabidopsis WRKY33 transcription factor is required for resistance to necrotropic fungal pathogens. Plant J. 48:592-605.
Kim, K.-C. Fan, B. and Chen, Z. (2006). Pathogen-induced WRKY7 transcription factor is a transcriptional repressor and enhances plant susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae. Plant Physiol. 142:1180-1192.
Xing, D., and Chen, Z. (2006) Effects of mutations and constitutive overexpression of EDS1 and PAD4 on resistance to different types of microbial pathogens. Plant Science 171:251-262.
Xu, X., Chen, C., Fan, B., and Chen, Z. (2006) Physical and functional interactions between pathogen-induced Arabidopsis WRKY18, WRKY40 and WRKY60 transcription factors. Plant Cell 18:1310-1326.
Menke, F. L. H., Kang, H.-G., Chen, Z., Park, J. M., Kumar, D., and Klessig, D. F. (2005) Transcription factor NtWRKY1 is phosphorylated by MAP kinase SIPK and mediates HR-like cell death in tobacco. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 18:1027-1034.
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Chen, Z. (2001). A superfamily of proteins with novel cysteine-rich repeats. Plant Physiol. 126:473-476.
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Yu, D., Xie, Z., Chen, C., Fan, B., and Chen, Z. (1999) Expression of tobacco class II catalase activates the endogenous homologous gene and enhances disease resistance in transgenic potato plants. Plant Mol. Biol. 39:477-488.
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Xie, Z., Fan, B., and Chen, Z. (1998) Induction of PR-1 proteins and potentiation of pathogen signals by salicylic acid exhibits the same dose response and structural specificity in plant cell cultures. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 11:568-571.
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Chen, Z., Anderson, M.D., and Klessig, D.F. (1998) Possible involvement of lipid peroxidation in SA-mediated induction of PR-1 gene expression. Phytochem. 47:555-566.
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Chen, Z., Iyer, S., Caplan, A., Klessig, D. F., and Fan, B. (1997) Differential accumulation of salicylic acid and salicylic acid-sensitive catalase in different rice tissues. Plant Physiol. 114:193-201.
Takahashi, H., Chen, Z., Liu, Y., and Klessig, D. F. (1997) Development of necrosis and activation of disease resistance in transgenic tobacco plants with severely reduced catalase levels. Plant J. 11:993-1005.
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