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Engineered polyamine catabolism preinduces tolerance of tobacco to bacteria and oomycetes.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2009
Moschou Panagiotis N, Sarris Panagiotis F, Skandalis Nicholas, Andriopoulou Athina H, Paschalidis Konstantinos A, Panopoulos Nickolas J, Roubelakis-Angelakis Kalliopi A
Abstract excerpt
Polyamine oxidase (PAO) catalyzes the oxidative catabolism of spermidine and spermine, generating hydrogen peroxide. In wild-type tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum 'Xanthi') plants, infection by the compatible pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tabaci resulted in increased PAO gene and corresponding PAO enzyme activities; polyamine homeostasis was maintained by induction of the arginine decarboxylase pathway and spermine...
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