SYNTHESIS OF PHYTOALEXINS IN SORGHUM AS A SITE-SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO FUNGAL INGRESS

被引:259
作者
SNYDER, BA [1 ]
NICHOLSON, RL [1 ]
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[1] PURDUE UNIV,DEPT BOT & PLANT PATHOL,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
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10.1126/science.248.4963.1637
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Sorghum produces phytoalexins that are 3-deoxyanthocyanidin flavonoids. The compounds inhibit the growth of phytopathogenic fungi in vitro. The phytoalexins appear to be synthesized in subcellular inclusions within a host epidermal cell that is about to be penetrated by a fungus. This site-restricted synthesis suggests that the phytoalexin response occurs initially in the first cells that come under fungal attack and is not simply a response of cells that surround the original infection site.
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