Chitinase-mediated inhibitory activity of Brassica transgenic on growth of Alternaria brassicae

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-173

  Mondal, Kalyan K ^a   Chatterjee, Subhas Chandra ^b   Viswakarma, Navin ^c   Bhattacharya, Ram Charan ^c   Grover, Anita ^c  

^a CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICAE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALTERNARIA; CAULIMOVIRUS; CHITINASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUSTARD PLANT; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; FUNGI;

EID: 0042024865     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3980-6     Document Type: Article

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