TMEM37 and infection: In other assays with pepper plants an increase in the accumulation of PR1 and chitinases was also observed when these plants were previously inoculated with a strain of Fusarium oxysporum and subsequently exposed to Verticillium dahliae (Veloso and Díaz, 2012), emphasizing their importance in the response to pathogen infection and to abiotic stresses (Jung and Hwang, 2000).