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How does the multifaceted plant hormone salicylic acid combat disease in plants and are similar mechanisms utilized in humans?

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Title
How does the multifaceted plant hormone salicylic acid combat disease in plants and are similar mechanisms utilized in humans?
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BMC Biology, March 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12915-017-0364-8
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D’Maris Amick Dempsey, Daniel F. Klessig

Abstract

Salicylic acid (SA) is an important plant hormone that regulates many aspects of plant growth and development, as well as resistance to (a)biotic stress. Efforts to identify SA effector proteins have revealed that SA binds to and alters the activity of multiple plant proteins-this represents a shift from the paradigm that hormones mediate their functions via one or a few receptors. SA and its derivatives also have multiple targets in animals; some of these proteins, like their plant counterparts, are associated with pathological processes. Together, these findings suggest that SA exerts its defense-associated effects in both kingdoms via a large number of targets.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Portugal 1 <1%
Unknown 373 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 63 17%
Student > Master 52 14%
Researcher 39 10%
Student > Bachelor 39 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 5%
Other 62 17%
Unknown 102 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 145 39%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 63 17%
Chemistry 9 2%
Engineering 6 2%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 2%
Other 30 8%
Unknown 115 31%