Transient expression of members of the germin-like gene family in epidermal cells of wheat confers disease resistance

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 541-552

  Schweizer, Patrick ^a   Christoffel, Andreas ^a   Dudler, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXALATE OXIDASE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSGENE; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION; WHEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRITICUM;

BLUMERIA; BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ERYSIPHALES; ERYSIPHE; FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033389307     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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