Constitutive expression of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene from Stylosanthes humilis in transgenic tobacco leads to enhanced disease resistance but impaired plant growth

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 275-282

  Way, Heather M ^a,b   Kazan, Kemal ^a,b   Mitter, Neena ^a   Goulter, Kenneth C ^a   Birch, Robert G ^a   Manners, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; Transgenic disease resistance

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA; STYLOSANTHES; STYLOSANTHES HUMILIS; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0036422956     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-5765(02)90407-8     Document Type: Article

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