Type-1 ribosome-inactivating protein from iris bulbs: A useful agronomic tool to engineer virus resistance?

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 567-576

  Desmyter, Stijn ^a   Vandenbussche, Frank ^a   Hao, Qiang ^a,c   Proost, Paul ^b   Peumans, Willy J ^a   Van Damme, Els J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; Ribosome inactivating protein; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PROTEINS;

AGRICULTURE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IRIS; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

PLANTS; PROTEINS; TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0037342994     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022389205295     Document Type: Article

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