Fungal pathogen protection in potato by expression of a plant defensin peptide

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1307-1310

  Gao, Ai Guo ^a   Hakimi, Salim M ^a   Mittanck, Cindy A ^a   Wu, Yonnie ^a   Woerner, B Mark ^a   Stark, David M ^a   Shah, Dilip M ^a   Liang, Jihong ^a   Rommens, Caius M T ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensins; Disease control; Potato; Transgenic; Verticillium

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

ALFALFA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; VERTICILLIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSGENES; VERTICILLIUM;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPERMATOPHYTA; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 0033668495     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/82436     Document Type: Article

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