Université de Fribourg

A permeable cuticle is associated with the release of reactive oxygen species and induction of innate immunity

L'Haridon, Floriane ; Besson-Bard, Angélique ; Binda, Matteo ; Serrano, Mario ; Abou-Mansour, Eliane ; Balet, Francine ; Schoonbeek, Henk-Jan ; Hess, Stephane ; Mir, Ricardo ; León, José ; Lamotte, Olivier ; Métraux, Jean-Pierre

In: PLoS Pathogens, 2011, vol. 7, no. 7, p. e1002148

This study provides an explanation for the strong resistance to B. cinerea observed in wounded plants or plants with cuticular defects. We have observed that a production of ROS and a permeable cuticle is common to all these situations. ROS, that include hydrogen peroxide, are known inducers of resistance and can also act directly against the invading fungus. Degradation of the cuticle by...

Université de Fribourg

Over-expression of a protein kinase gene enhances the defense of tobacco against Rhizoctonia solani

Chacón, Osmany ; González, Marleny ; López, Yunior ; Portieles, Roxana ; Pujol, Merardo ; González, Ernesto ; Schoonbeek, Henk-Jan ; Métraux, Jean-Pierre ; Borrás-Hidalgo, Orlando

In: Gene, 2010, vol. 45, no. 2, p. 54-62

To identify Nicotiana tabacum genes involved in resistance and susceptibility to Rhizoctonia solani, suppression subtractive hybridization was used to generate a cDNA library from transcripts that are differentially expressed during a compatible and incompatible interaction. This allowed the isolation of a protein kinase cDNA that was down-regulated during a compatible and up-regulated during an...