The expression of tomato prosystemin gen
The expression of tomato prosystemin gene in tobacco plants highly affects host proteomic repertoire
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Mariapina Rocco; Giandomenico Corrado; Simona Arena; Chiara D'Ambrosio; Claudia
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Article
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2008
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Elsevier
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English
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Systemin, an octadecapeptide isolated from tomato, is a primary signal molecule involved in the local and systemic responses to pest attack, elicited by activation of a set of defence genes. It derives from processing of prosystemin, a prohormone of almost 200 amino acids. Prosystemin orthologues ha