Expression of an engineered cecropin gene cassette in transgenic tobacco plants confers disease resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci

Phytopathology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 494-499

  Huang, Y ^a   Nordeen, R O ^b   Di, M ^a   Owens, L D ^b   McBeath, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

antibacterial protein; bacterial disease resistance; plant genetic engineering

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TABACI; RHIZOBIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030904451     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1997.87.5.494     Document Type: Article

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