Defense Response in Slash Pine: Chitosan Treatment Alters the Abundance of Specific mRNAs
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Mary E. Mason; John M. Davis
- Source
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 135-137 (1997)
- Subject
- cytochrome P450
elicitation
Pinus elliottii
Microbiology
QR1-502
Botany
QK1-989
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1943-7706
0894-0282
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.