Signal pathway included in elicitation of tobacco cells with ergosterol
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Year of publication | 2002 |
Type | Article in Proceedings |
Conference | Book of abstracts of 6th Meeting of biochemists and molecular biologists |
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Citation | KAŠPAROVSKÝ, Tomáš, Vladimír MIKEŠ and Marie-Louise MILAT. Signal pathway included in elicitation of tobacco cells with ergosterol. In Book of abstracts of 6th Meeting of biochemists and molecular biologists. 2002nd ed. Brno: MU Brno, 2002, p. 65. |
Field | Biochemistry |
Keywords | ergosterol; elicitors; plant defense |
Description | Ergosterol,if found in most fungi to be the major sterol. It binds to a putative receptor and triggers a defence reaction in tobacco cells (oxidative burst and pH changes of extracellular medium. The results indicate that ergosterol induces a mobilisation of internal calcium. |
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