... released from these lipids by lipases.Regardless of their origin, in both plants and animals,RES are engaged in the activation of a distinct set of mostly defense- and stress-related genes. Transcrip-tional ... explored. In conclusion, the results point to a scenario in which RES trigger both the regulation of a specificcluster of genes and their own inactivation by a feed-back loop, inducing the expression ... 12-hydroxy analog of JA, and theirprecursors, for example, the biological active OPDA. The biosynthesis of JA, and activation of the interme-diates by generation of the corresponding CoA estersfor...