Overexpression of the wasabi defensin gene confers enhanced resistance to blast fungus (Magnaporthe grisea) in transgenic rice

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 105, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 809-814

  Kanzaki, H ^a   Nirasawa, S ^a   Saitoh, H ^a   Ito, M ^a   Nishihara, M ^a   Terauchi, R ^a   Nakamura, I ^b  

^a IWATE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Defensin; Rice; Rice blast fungus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CROPS; DISEASES; FUNGI; PROTEINS;

RICE;

GENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; EUTREMA WASABI; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; ORYZA SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0036949921     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-001-0817-9     Document Type: Article

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