Characterization of a stamen-specific cDNA encoding a novel plant defensin in Chinese cabbage

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-69

  Park, Hyeong Cheol ^a   Hwan Kang, Yun ^a   Jin Chun, Hyun ^a   Choon Koo, Ja ^a   Hwa Cheong, Yong ^a   Young Kim, Cha ^a   Chul Kim, Min ^a   Sik Chung, Woo ^a   Cheol Kim, Jong ^a   Hyuk Yoo, Jae ^a   Duck Koo, Yoon ^a   Chul Koo, Sung ^a   Oh Lim, Chae ^a   Yeol Lee, Sang ^a   Je Cho, Moo ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. Pekinensis); Disease resistance; DNA clone; Plant defensin; Small antifungal proteins; Transgenic tobacco plants

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GENES; TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

RESIDUES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA; TEREBRANTIA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; DEFENSINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

EID: 0036719216     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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