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The Role of Hormones in Gene Activation in Response to Wounding

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Plant Hormones

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Plants are unable to move of their own volition from one place to another where a more comfortable environment for growth and reproduction might be available. The frequent exposure to severe physical, chemical and biological stresses has led higher plants to acquire and develop, during their evolution, self-defense mechanisms)rotect themselves against the many kinds of environmental stress to which they are exposed. Thus the expression of many plant genes is influenced by environmental conditions. Under adverse conditions plant tissues are often damaged. Wounding can be an extremely severe stress which may result in the death of the plant. Injuries inflicted by herbivore feeding or other mechanical damage may also provide ready entrance points for pathogens, removing the protective layers which normally coat the entire plant. The gene expression pattern of the plant is drastically altered by wounding. Processes which are likely to require large amounts of energy, such as those related to plant growth, are brought to a stop.

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    Hugo Peña-Cortés & Lothar Willmitzer

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Peña-Cortés, H., Willmitzer, L. (1995). The Role of Hormones in Gene Activation in Response to Wounding. In: Davies, P.J. (eds) Plant Hormones. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0473-9_19

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