Systemin: A polypeptide signal for plant defensive genes

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 14, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-17

  Ryan, Clarence A ^a   Pearce, Gregory ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivore attacks; Jasmonic acid; Signal transduction; Systemic response

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; JASMONIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; SYSTEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RESPIRATORY BURST; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032434249     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.14.1.1     Document Type: Review

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