Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2002 Aug;5(4):325-31.
doi: 10.1016/s1369-5266(02)00275-3.

Cross talk between signaling pathways in pathogen defense

Barbara N Kunkel  1 , David M Brooks
Affiliations
Review

Cross talk between signaling pathways in pathogen defense

Barbara N Kunkel et al. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2002 Aug.

Abstract

Plant defense in response to microbial attack is regulated through a complex network of signaling pathways that involve three signaling molecules: salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA) and ethylene. The SA and JA signaling pathways are mutually antagonistic. This regulatory cross talk may have evolved to allow plants to fine-tune the induction of their defenses in response to different plant pathogens.

PubMed Disclaimer