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defense(induced); [2-C-14]Jasmonic acid; Nicotiana (wound response); nicotine; signal transduction (systemic)
Gene-expression; proteinase-inhibitors; tomato leaves; plants; accumulation; pathway; quantification; identification; molecules; defense
Abstract:
Jasmonic acid (JA) is part of a long-distance signal- transduction pathway that effects increases in de-novo nicotine synthesis in the roots of Nicotiana sylvestris Speg et Comes (Solanaceae) after leaf wounding. Elevated nicotine synthesis increases wh