Pathogen-induced expression of a cecropin A-melittin antimicrobial peptide gene confers antifungal resistance in transgenic tobacco

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 416, 2005, Pages 1685-1695

  Yevtushenko, Dmytro P ^a   Romero, Rafael ^a   Forward, Benjamin S ^a,c   Hancock, Robert E ^b   Kay, William W ^a   Misra, Santosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Huntsman Marine Science Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifungal resistance; Cecropin A melittin antimicrobial peptide; Fusarium solani; In vitro regeneration bioassay; Inducible response; Poplar; Tobacco; win3.12T promoter

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FUNGI; MICROORGANISMS; POLYPEPTIDES; TOBACCO;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE-RESISTANT PLANTS; FUNGAL INFECTION; PATHOGENIC FUNGI; PLANT TRANSFORMATION VECTOR; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO;

GENES;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN A; HYBRID PROTEIN; MELITTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; FUSARIUM; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MELITTEN; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

DISEASES; FUNGI; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; PEPTIDES; TOBACCO;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; TABACUM;

EID: 20044394011     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri165     Document Type: Article

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