Field tolerance to fungal pathogens of brassica napus constitutively expressing a chimeric chitinase gene

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 643-646

  Grison, René ^a,b   Grezes Besset, Bruno ^a,b   Schneider, Michel ^a,c   Lucante, Nicole ^a,b   Olsen, Luellen ^a   Leguay, Jean Jacques ^a,d   Toppan, Alain ^a,b  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b Domaine de Sandreau   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Disease tolerance; Transgenic Brassica napus

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYBRID GENE; INBRED STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CYLINDROSPORIUM; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PHOMA; SCLEROTINIA;

EID: 0029983090     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0596-643     Document Type: Article

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