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Suppressors of systemin signaling identify genes in the tomato wound response pathway.
Genetics - 1 Nov 1999
Howe G A, Ryan C A
Abstract excerpt
In tomato plants, systemic induction of defense genes in response to herbivory or mechanical wounding is regulated by an 18-amino-acid peptide signal called systemin. Transgenic plants that overexpress prosystemin, the systemin precursor, from a 35S::prosystemin (35S::prosys) transgene exhibit constitutive expression of wound-inducible defense proteins including proteinase inhibitors and polyphenol oxidase. To...
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