Overproduction of salicylic acid in plants by bacterial transgenes enhances pathogen resistance

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 779-783

  Verberne, Marianne C ^a   Verpoorte, Rob ^a   Bol, John F ^a   Mercado Blanco, Jesus ^b,c   Linthorst, Huub J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oidium lycopersicon; PR gene expression; Salicylic acid; Systemic acquired resistance; Tobacco; Tobacco mosaic virus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSIDE; SALICYLIC ACID;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON; NICOTIANA TABACUM; OIDIUM; PROKARYOTA; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0033911049     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77347     Document Type: Article

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