Over-expression of the cloned rice thaumatin-like protein (PR-5) gene in transgenic rice plants enhances environmental friendly resistance to Rhizoctonia solani causing sheath blight disease

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 1138-1145

  Datta, K ^a   Velazhahan, R ^b   Oliva, N ^a   Ona, I ^a   Mew, T ^a   Khush, G S ^a   Muthukrishnan, S ^b   Datta, S K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

PR 5; Rhizoctonia solani; Rice; Sheath blight disease; Thaumatin like protein

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC GENE; CLONING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MACROGOL; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTOPLAST ISOLATION; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; RICE; SHEATH BLIGHT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033031144     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051178     Document Type: Article

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