Inhibition of fungal growth in planta and in vitro by transgenic tobacco expressing a bacterial nonheme chloroperoxidase gene

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 333-338

  Rajasekaran, K ^a   Cary, J W ^a   Jacks, T J ^a   Stromberg, K D ^b   Cleveland, T E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroperoxidase; Disease resistance; Haloperoxidase; Reactive oxygen species; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CHLORIDE PEROXIDASE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GROWTH; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; PLANT EXTRACT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA PYRROCINIA; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM DESTRUCTIVUM; FUNGI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PYRROCINIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0034071303     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050736     Document Type: Article

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