Expression of an antimicrobial peptide via the chloroplast genome to control phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi

Plant Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 852-862

  DeGray, G ^a   Rajasekaran, K ^a   Smith, F ^a   Sanford, J ^a   Daniell, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHLOROPLAST; CULTIVAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOMOPLASY; LIPID; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PATHOVAR; PEPTIDE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLASTID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; GENES; LIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

GERMINATION;

POLYPEPTIDES;

PEPTIDES;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLETOTRICHUM DESTRUCTIVUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TABACUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 0035193462     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.010233     Document Type: Article

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