Effect of untranslated leader sequence of AMV RNA 4 and signal peptide of pathogenesis-related protein 1b on attacin gene expression, and resistance to fire blight in transgenic apple

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 373-381

  Ko, Kisung ^a   Norelli, John L ^a   Reynoird, Jean Paul ^a   Boresjza Wysocka, Ewa ^a   Brown, Susan K ^a   Aldwinckle, Herb S ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial protein; Erwinia amylovora; Quantitative Western blot

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AGRICULTURE; AGROBACTERIUM; ALFALFA MOSAIC VIRUS; APPLE; ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CULTIVAR; ERWINIA; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID VECTOR; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA;

EID: 0034119708     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005672601625     Document Type: Article

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