Effects of combined expression of antifungal barley seed proteins in transgenic wheat on powdery mildew infection

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-48

  Bieri, Stéphane ^a,b   Potrykus, Ingo ^a   Fütterer, Johannes ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti fungal protein; Chitinase; Fungal tolerance; Ribosome inactivating protein; Synergistic effect; Transgenic wheat; 1,3 glucanase

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MACROMOLECULES; SEED;

ANTI-FUNGAL PROTEIN; ANTIFUNGALS; BARLEY SEEDS; CHITINASES; FUNGAL TOLERANCE; GLUCANASE; RIBOSOME-INACTIVATING PROTEIN; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TRANSGENIC WHEAT; Β-1,3-GLUCANASE;

PROTEINS;

BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037280780     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022145915983     Document Type: Article

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