Methyl jasmonate-elicited herbivore resistance: Does MeJA function as a signal without being hydrolyzed to JA?

Planta

Volumn 227, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1161-1168

  Wu, Jinsong ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Jasmonate (JA); Manduca sexta; MeJA esterase (NaMJE); Methyl jasmonate (MeJA); Nicotiana attenuata

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; LIPOXYGENASE; LIPOXYGENASE III; OXYLIPIN; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LIPOXYGENASE; MANDUCA; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA;

EID: 43149090766     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0690-8     Document Type: Article

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