Open AccessExtracellular γ-Aminobutyrate Mediates Communication between Plants and Other Organisms
Author(s) -
Barry J. Shelp,
Alan W. Bown,
Denis Faure
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.106.088955
Subject(s) - extracellular , biology , amino acid , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , chemistry
Plants exhibit mutually beneficial and antagonistic interactions with a variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. We argue that these interactions are mediated in part by extracellular plant-derived γ -aminobutyrate (GABA).GABA is a ubiquitous four-carbon, nonprotein amino acid that is
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