Overexpression of polyphenol oxidase in transgenic tomato plants results in enhanced bacterial disease resistance

Planta

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-247

  Li, Li ^a   Steffens, John C ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Polyphenol oxidase; Pseudomonas; Solanum (polyphenol oxidase); Transgenic tomato

Indexed keywords

DNA; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); VIRUSES;

ANGIOSPERMS;

PHENOLS;

CATECHOL OXIDASE; CAULIMOVIRUS; CHLOROGENIC ACID; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LACCASE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOLS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RUTIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036939059     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0750-4     Document Type: Article

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