Role of defense/stress-related marker genes, proteins and secondary metabolites in defining rice self-defense mechanisms.
Rice, a first cereal crop whose draft genome sequence from two subspecies (japonica-type cv. Nipponbare and indica-type 93-11) was available in 2002, along with its almost complete genome sequence in 2005, has drawn the attention of researchers worldwide because of its immense impact on human existence. One of the most critical research areas in rice is to discern the self-defense mechanism(s), an innate property of all living organisms. The last few decades have seen scattered research into rice responses to diverse environmental stimuli and stress factors. Our understanding on rice self-defense mechanism has increased considerably with accelerated research during recent years mainly due to identification and characterization of several defense/stress-related components, genes, proteins and secondary metabolites. As these identified components have been used to study the defense/stress pathways, their compilation in this review will undoubtedly help rice (and others) researchers to effectively use them as a potential marker for better understanding, and ultimately, in defining rice (and plant) self-defense response pathways.
Jwa
Nam-Soo
NS
Department of Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Republic of Korea.
Agrawal
Ganesh Kumar
GK
Tamogami
Shigeru
S
Yonekura
Masami
M
Han
Oksoo
O
Iwahashi
Hitoshi
H
Rakwal
Randeep
R
D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D018745:Genome, Plant; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction