title: Infections with various types of organisms stimulate transcription from a short promoter fragment of the potato gst1 gene.
abstract: By histochemical GUS staining, we demonstrate that transcription from a short promoter fragment of the potato gst1 gene is locally induced after infection of a host plant with various types of pathogenic or symbiotic organisms. This regulatory unit is not active in noninfected tissues, except root apices and senescing leaves. Measuring the expression of a fusion between the promoter fragment and the gus gene in transgenic plants, therefore, allows comparison of the induction of defense reactions in different types of plant-microbe interactions, in one and the same plant.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Abteilung Biochemie, Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strittmatter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gheysen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gianinazzi-Pearson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niebel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rohde
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tacke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005658:Fungi / Q000472:pathogenicity; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D009348:Nematoda / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D017800:Potyvirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase