High-level expression of a viscotoxin in Arabidopsis thaliana gives enhanced resistance against Plasmodiophora brassicae

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 673-680

  Holtorf, Sönke ^a,c   Ludwig Müller, Jutta ^b   Apel, Klaus ^a   Bohlmann, Holger ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Cysteine rich; Plant defence; Thionins

Indexed keywords

GENETIC LINE; INDUCED RESISTANCE; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MISTLETOE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTOZOA; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; PLASMODIOPHORA BRASSICAE; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032033375     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005947904830     Document Type: Article

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