Liechti Robin, Farmer Edward E
Gene Expression Laboratory, Ecology Institute, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Science. 2002 May 31;296(5573):1649-50. doi: 10.1126/science.1071547.
Plants are faced with many of the same problems as animals-a need for regulation of metabolic processes and reproduction and for defense against enemies. Jasmonates in plants serve key roles in gene and metabolic regulation, defense, responses to trauma, reproduction, and possibly communication. Some remarkable features of plant responses, such as production of repellent volatiles as a defense against herbivorous insects, or the massive transcriptional reprogramming that occurs in response to wounding, are under the control of the jasmonate pathway. Details of the jasmonate signaling pathway are currently at the center of active research that is generating exciting results. The Jasmonate Biochemical Pathway at the STKE Connections Maps is designed to present and keep pace with these developments.
植物面临着许多与动物相同的问题——需要调节代谢过程、繁殖以及抵御敌人。植物中的茉莉酸在基因和代谢调节、防御、对创伤的反应、繁殖以及可能的通讯中发挥着关键作用。植物反应的一些显著特征，例如产生驱避性挥发物以抵御食草昆虫，或者受伤后发生的大规模转录重编程，都受茉莉酸途径的控制。茉莉酸信号通路的细节目前是活跃研究的核心，正产生令人兴奋的结果。STKE连接图谱中的茉莉酸生化途径旨在呈现并跟上这些进展。
