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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-8
pubmed:abstractText
Using an RT-PCR approach a rac-related cDNA clone, designated Ms-rac1, was isolated from Medicago sativa (alfalfa). Ms-rac1 encodes a putative protein of 197 amino acids, which is closely related to known Rac-related GTP-binding proteins from Pisum sativum and Arabidopsis thaliana. RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that Ms-rac1 is ubiquitously expressed in various tissues in alfalfa. Expression of Ms-rac1 in suspension cultures occurred independently of treatment with elicitor, indicating that it is constitutively expressed. Heterologous expression of an antisense Ms-rac1 cDNA construct in transgenic tobacco plants was associated with poor growth and retarded flowering. Following infiltration with yeast elicitor, transgenic tobacco plants transformed with either the empty vector or Ms-rac1 in sense orientation developed brown necrotic lesions and subsequently cell death was observed within the infiltrated tissues. In contrast, the majority of the antisense transformants neither formed necrotic lesions nor showed any other visible defence reactions, demonstrating that Rac-related GTPases play an important role in the establishment of plant defence reactions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0026-8925
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
263
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
761-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-DNA, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-DNA, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Medicago sativa, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Necrosis, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Peas, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Plant Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Plants, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Plants, Toxic, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Tobacco, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-Transformation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10905344-rac GTP-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Transgenic tobacco plants that express an antisense construct derived from a Medicago sativa cDNA encoding a Rac-related small GTP-binding protein fail to develop necrotic lesions upon elicitor infiltration.
pubmed:affiliation
Universität Bielefeld, Biologie-Genetik, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't