Expression of a magainin-type antimicrobial peptide gene (MSI-99) in tomato enhances resistance to bacterial speck disease

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 388-396

  Alan, A R ^a   Blowers, A ^b   Earle, E D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Ball Helix   (United States)

Author keywords

Cationic peptides; Disease resistance; Extracellular targeting; Lycopersicon esculentum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOXICITY;

CYTOTOXICITY;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

MSI 99 PEPTIDE; MSI-99 PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMATO;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PEPTIDES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PHYTOPHTHORA SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 1642573208     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0702-x     Document Type: Article

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