Overexpression of glutamate decarboxylase in transgenic tobacco plants confers resistance to the northern root-knot nematode

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-285

  McLean, Michael D ^a   Yevtushenko, Dmytro P ^a,d   Deschene, Alice ^a   Van Cauwenberghe, Owen R ^a,e   Makhmoudova, Amina ^a   Potter, John W ^b   Bown, Alan W ^c   Shelp, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma aminobutyrate; Glutamate decarboxylase; Plant defense; Root knot nematode; Tobacco; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; NETWORK SECURITY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRATE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OVEREXPRESSIONS; PLANT DEFENCE; PLANT DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ROOT KNOT NEMATODE; SYNTHASES; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO PLANTS;

TOBACCO;

INVERTEBRATA; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE HAPLA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0037649063     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023483106582     Document Type: Article

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