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Expression of the baculovirus p35 protein in tobacco affects cell death progression and compromises N gene-mediated disease resistance response to Tobacco mosaic virus.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jun 2003
del Pozo Olga, Lam Eric
Abstract excerpt
The p35 protein from baculovirus is a broad-range caspase inhibitor and suppresses programmed cell death in animals. We report here the effects of transgenic expression in tobacco of the p35 protein during the hypersensitive response (HR). Expression of p35 causes partial inhibition of nonhost HR triggered by bacteria and gene-for-gene HR triggered by virus. Infection of p35-expressing tobacco plants with Tobacco...
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