Expression of pokeweed antiviral proteins in creeping bentgrass

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 497-502

  Dai, W D ^a   Bonos, S ^a   Guo, Z ^a   Meyer, W A ^a   Day, P R ^a   Belanger, F C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Pokeweed antiviral proteins; Transgenic creeping bentgrass

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ATTACK; GENE TRANSFER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MUTAGENS; PROTEINS;

ANTIVIRAL PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; PHYTOLACCACEAE; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA HOMOEOCARPA;

EID: 0037274315     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-002-0534-0     Document Type: Article

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