Pathogen-induced elicitin production in transgenic tobacco generates a hypersensitive response and nonspecific disease resistance

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-235

  Keller, Harald ^a   Pamboukdjian, Nicole ^a   Ponchet, Michel ^a   Poupet, Alain ^a   Delon, René ^b   Verrier, Jean Louis ^b   Roby, Dominique ^c   Ricci, Pierre ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Imperial Tobacco Group   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGEIN; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ELICITIN; PLANT PATHOGEN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BOTRYTIS CINEREA; ERYSIPHE CICHORACEARUM; PHYTOPHTHORA CRYPTOGEA; PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA; THIELAVIOPSIS BASICOLA;

EID: 0033078010     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.2.223     Document Type: Article

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