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We have cloned cDNA copies of several transcripts specifically accumulating in the unwounded upper leaves of a hybrid poplar whose lower leaves were mechanically wounded. Of those cDNAs sequenced, two encode proteins with sequence similarity to plant endochitinases and another specifies a polypeptide similar to Kunitz trypsin inhibitors from legume seeds. Genomic clones of one of the chitinase gene families reveal a clustered organization of these genes on the poplar chromosomes.
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Bradshaw, H.D., Gordon, M.P. (1991). Wound-Responsive Gene Expression in Poplars. In: Ahuja, M.R. (eds) Woody Plant Biotechnology. NATO ASI Series, vol 210. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7932-4_28
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