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Inhibition of protoporphyrinogen oxidase expression in Arabidopsis causes a lesion-mimic phenotype that induces systemic acquired resistance.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 1999
Molina A, Volrath S, Guyer D, Maleck K, Ryals J, Ward E
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We have used an antisense expression technology in Arabidopsis based on the yeast GAL4/UAS transactivation system (Guyer et al., Genetics, 1998; 149:633-639) to reduce levels of protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO), the last common enzyme of the biosynthesis of the haem group and chlorophyll. Plants expressing the antisense PPO gene presented growth alterations and their leaves showed necrotic lesions that...
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