Overexpression of a gene encoding hydrogen peroxide-generating oxalate oxidase evokes defense responses in sunflower

Plant Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 170-181

  Hu, Xu ^a   Bidney, Dennis L ^a   Yalpani, Nasser ^a   Duvick, Jonathan P ^a   Crasta, Oswald ^b   Folkerts, Otto ^b   Lu, Guihua ^a  

^a PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b CURAGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC ACIDS;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0141563613     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.024026     Document Type: Article

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