Open AccessDefense Response in Slash Pine: Chitosan Treatment Alters the Abundance of Specific mRNAs
Author(s) -
Mary E. Mason,
John M. Davis
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
molecular plant-microbe interactions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.565
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1943-7706
pISSN - 0894-0282
DOI - 10.1094/mpmi.1997.10.1.135
Subject(s) - clone (java method) , slash pine , chitinase , chitosan , biology , abundance (ecology) , gene , messenger rna , cinnamic acid , botany , biochemistry , ecology , pinus <genus>
We used differential display to identify chitosan responsive cDNAs in slash pine cell cultures. Two clones that showed increased mRNA abundance had sequence similarity to genes with roles in major plant defense responses, clone 18 to cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase, and clone 30 to chitinase.
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