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Proteinase-inhibitor production
Plant messenger-rnas
Large-scale changes
Molecular-interactions
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Amino-acids
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Gene-expression
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Key enzyme
Plant Sciences in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural, Biology & Environmental Sciences Animal & Plant Sciences in Current Contents(R)/Life Sciences
Abstract:
Threonine deaminase (TD) catalyzes the conversion of Thr to alpha-keto butyrate in Ile biosynthesis; however, its dramatic upregulation in leaves after herbivore attack suggests a role in defense. In Nicotiana attenuata, strongly silenced TD transgenic