Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Physiology
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Min Li

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• Research Article
  Similarities and Differences in Global Gene Expression Profiles between Herbicide and Pathogen-Induced PSII Inhibition
  Author(s): Jin Zhu, Min Li and Steven J CloughJin Zhu, Min Li and Steven J Clough
  
  Plant pathogens, and photosynthesis inhibiting herbicides, can both damage photosystem II (PSII), causing it to be highly sensitive to damage by light energy, and to release high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). This photoinhibition of PSII could possibly be the source of the strong oxidative burst associated with the pathogeninduced, hypersensitive defense response (HR). To examine a possible mechanism of how the HR-associated ROS burst could originate from PSII inhibition, we compared the transcriptome responses in soybean undergoing photoinhibition induced by HR, to soybean undergoing photoinhibition induced by the herbicide bentazon, which specially stops PSII electron flow by preventing QB from binding to D1. Most genes shared similar expression patterns between HR and bentazon treatments; however, interesting differences were also observed. The most stri.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9029.1000157

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