WOUND-INDUCED SYSTEMIC ACCUMULATION OF A TRANSCRIPT CODING FOR A BOWMAN-BIRK TRYPSIN INHIBITOR-RELATED PROTEIN IN MAIZE (ZEA-MAYS L) SEEDLINGS

Authors
ECKELKAMP C EHMANN B SCHOPFER P
Citation
C. Eckelkamp et al., WOUND-INDUCED SYSTEMIC ACCUMULATION OF A TRANSCRIPT CODING FOR A BOWMAN-BIRK TRYPSIN INHIBITOR-RELATED PROTEIN IN MAIZE (ZEA-MAYS L) SEEDLINGS, FEBS letters, 323(1-2), 1993, pp. 73-76
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,Biology
Journal title
FEBS letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00145793
Volume
323
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
73 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-5793(1993)323:1-2<73:WSAOAT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The wound-induced accumulation of a transcript coding for a polypeptid e of 72 amino acid residues in maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings was inves tigated. Sequence comparison showed strong homology with Bowman-Birk t rypsin inhibitors of cereal and legume species. The local accumulation pattern of this transcript demonstrated, after wounding various parts of the seedling, a local as well as a systemic response which implies the transmission of a wound signal specifically from the lower to the upper parts of the plant.