Stable expression of a defense-related gene in wheat epidermis under transcriptional control of a novel promoter confers pathogen resistance

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-283

  Altpeter, Fredy ^a   Varshney, Alok ^b   Abderhalden, Olaf ^c   Douchkov, Dimitar ^b   Sautter, Christof ^d   Kumlehn, Jochen ^b   Dudler, Robert ^c   Schweizer, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blumeria graminis; Gluthatione S transferase; Oxalate oxidase; Peroxidase; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGUS RESISTANCE; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE;

FUNGAL PATHOGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGEN RESISTANCE; TRANSGENE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXALATE OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ASCOMYCOTA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEROXIDASE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; FUNGUS RESISTANCE; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS; PROTEINS; WHEAT;

BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 17744376455     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-7564-7     Document Type: Article

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