The strong induction of CoERF#115 and CoERF#121—annotated as RAP2.3/2.2-like (ERF-VII)—is consistent with the oxygen-sensing N-end-rule pathway that stabilizes ERF-VIIs under local hypoxia at infection sites, thereby up-regulating fermentation/hypoxia genes (e.g., ADH1, PDC1) and ROS-homeostasis components (e.g., peroxidases, GSTs). This evidence concerns the gene HPGDS and infection.