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1: Genome Biol. 2003;4(7):221. Epub 2003 Jun 30.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Profiling the response of plants to herbivorous insects.

Department of Plant Pathology, 217 Plant Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA. kkorth@uark.edu

Microarray analysis has confirmed that many of the modifications of gene expression that occur in plants following attack by herbivorous insects can be accounted for by the effects of compounds (elicitors) released by chewing insects. Recent experiments have revealed coordinated up- and down-regulation of transcripts encoding proteins with related functions, suggesting that large-scale shifts in metabolism take place in insect-damaged plants.

PMID: 12844352 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC193623