Overexpression of a cytoplasm-localized allene oxide synthase promotes the wound-induced accumulation of jasmonic acid in transgenic tobacco

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 783-793

  Wang, Cunxi ^a   Avdiushko, Sergei ^a   Hildebrand, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allene oxide synthase; C6 volatiles; Jasmonic acid; Nicotina tabacum; Pathogenesis related gene; Tretracycline inducible promoter

Indexed keywords

12 OXO PHYTODIENOIC ACID; 13 HYDROPEROXYOCTADECATRIENOIC ACID; ALLENE OXIDE SYNTHASE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CYTOPLASM; DEFENSE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; JASMONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WOUND;

CHLOROPLASTS; CYCLOPENTANES; CYTOPLASM; FLAX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0033167173     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006253927431     Document Type: Article

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