supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)Discovery program;the Dewar Cooper Memorial Fund from the University of British Columbia(UBC);partially supported by a 4YF scholarship from UBC;partially supported by a Chinese Scholarship Council(CSC)fellowship
Summary Salicylic acid (SA) is an essential defence hormone in plants. Upon pathogen infection, induced biosynthesis of SA is mediated by Isochorismate synthase 1 (ICS1), whose gene transcription is controlled mai...