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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| 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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