Expression of the cercosporin transporter, CFP, in tobacco reduces frog-eye lesion size

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1543-1550

  Upchurch, Robert G ^a   Rose, Mark S ^a,b   Eweida, Mohamed ^a,c   Zuo, Weineng ^a,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d TechWorld International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercosporin; Frog eye leaf spot; Major facilitator; Plant genetic engineering; Toxin efflux

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOLOGY; SEED; TOBACCO;

CERCOSPORIN; FROG-EYE LEAF SPOT; MAJOR FACILITATOR; PLANT GENETIC ENGINEERING; TOXIN EFFLUX;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARRIER PROTEIN; CERCOSPORIN TRANSPORTER PROTEIN, CERCOSPORA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT DISEASE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; SEEDS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANURA; CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 27144537452     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-005-1780-3     Document Type: Article

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