Description
Systeminisan18-aminoacidpeptidehormoneoriginallyfoundintheleavesoftomatoplants,aswellasotherplantsintheSolanaceaefamily.Systeminincreasesexpressionofdefense-relatedgenesandgeneproducts.Systeminregulatessynthesisofjasmonicacid,whichmodulateswound-inducedsynthesisofproteaseinhibitors.SysteminmayalsobindDNA.
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