The Arabidopsis NIM1 protein shows homology to the mammalian transcription factor inhibitor IkappaB

The NIM1 (for noninducible immunity) gene product is involved in the signal transduction cascade leading to both systemic acquired resistance (SAR) and gene-for-gene disease resistance in Arabidopsis. We have isolated and characterized five new alleles of nim1 that show a range of phenotypes from we...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Plant cell 1997-03, Vol.9 (3)
Hauptverfasser: Ryals, J. (Novartis Crop Protection, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.), Weymann, K, Lawton, K, Friedrich, L, Ellis, D, Steiner, H.Y, Johnson, J, Delaney, T.P, Jesse, T, Vos, P
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Zusammenfassung:The NIM1 (for noninducible immunity) gene product is involved in the signal transduction cascade leading to both systemic acquired resistance (SAR) and gene-for-gene disease resistance in Arabidopsis. We have isolated and characterized five new alleles of nim1 that show a range of phenotypes from weakly impaired in chemically induced pathogenesis-related protein-1 gene expression and fungal resistance to very strongly blocked. We have isolated the NIM1 gene by using a map-based cloning procedure. Interestingly, the NIM1 protein shows sequence homology to the mammalian signal transduction factor IkappaB subclass alpha. NF-kappaB/IkappaB signaling pathways are implicated in disease resistance responses in a range of organisms from Drosophila to mammals, suggesting that the SAR signaling pathway in plants is representative of an ancient and ubiquitous defense mechanism in higher organisms
ISSN:1040-4651
1532-298X