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Coordinated Activation of Programmed Cell Death and Defense Mechanisms in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Expressing a Bacterial Proton Pump.

R. Mittler, V. Shulaev, E. Lam
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AgBiotech Center and Department of Plant Science, P.O. Box 759, Waksman Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
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V. Shulaev
AgBiotech Center and Department of Plant Science, P.O. Box 759, Waksman Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
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AgBiotech Center and Department of Plant Science, P.O. Box 759, Waksman Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
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Published January 1995. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.7.1.29

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In plants, programmed cell death is thought to be activated during the hypersensitive response to certain avirulent pathogens and in the course of several differentiation processes. We describe a transgenic model system that mimics the activation of programmed cell death in higher plants. In this system, expression of a bacterial proton pump in transgenic tobacco plants activates a cell death pathway that may be similar to that triggered by recognition of an incompatible pathogen. Thus, spontaneous lesions that resemble hypersensitive response lesions are formed, multiple defense mechanisms are apparently activated, and systemic resistance is induced in the absence of a pathogen. Interestingly, mutation of a single amino acid in the putative channel of this proton pump renders it inactive with respect to lesion formation and induction of resistance to pathogen challenge. This transgenic model system may provide insights into the mechanisms involved in mediating cell death in higher plants. In addition, it may also be used as a general agronomic tool to enhance disease protection.

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Coordinated Activation of Programmed Cell Death and Defense Mechanisms in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Expressing a Bacterial Proton Pump.
R. Mittler, V. Shulaev, E. Lam
The Plant Cell Jan 1995, 7 (1) 29-42; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.7.1.29

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Coordinated Activation of Programmed Cell Death and Defense Mechanisms in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Expressing a Bacterial Proton Pump.
R. Mittler, V. Shulaev, E. Lam
The Plant Cell Jan 1995, 7 (1) 29-42; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.7.1.29
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