title: Biological activities of human interferon and 2'-5' oligoadenylates in plants.
abstract: Exogenous human interferon 2 (IFN) and 2'-5' oligoadenylates (2-5A) have been shown to cause at least a dual physiological effect in tobacco and wheat: (i) increased cytokinin activity and (ii) induced synthesis of numerous proteins, among which members of two groups of stress proteins have been identified, namely pathogenesis-related (PR) and heat shock (HS) proteins. These effects were observed only by low concentrations of these substances: IFN at 0.1-1 u/ml and 2-5A at 1-10 nM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Moscow State University, USSR.
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Kulaeva
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fedina
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Burkhanova
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Karavaiko
authors.lastname: Karpeisky MYa
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Taliansky
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Atabekov
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003583:Cytokinins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000187:drug effects; D014908:Triticum / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D003583:Cytokinins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; D010940:Plant Proteins; C053376:pathogenesis-related proteins, plant; C023505:2',5'-oligoadenylate; D007371:Interferon-gamma