Cross talk between signaling pathways in pathogen defense 

 -  Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 5, p.325-331, 2002 .
<br/><br/> Plant defense in response to microbial attack is regulated through a complex network of signaling pathways that involve three signaling molecules: salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA)and ethylene. The SA and JA signaling pathways are mutually antagonistic. This regulatory cross talk may have evolved to allow plants to fine-tune the induction of their defenses in response to different plant pathogens.