Antisense suppression of a (+)-δ-cadinene synthase gene in cotton prevents the induction of this defense response gene during bacterial blight infection but not its constitutive expression

Plant Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 516-528

  Townsend, Belinda J ^a,b,d   Poole, Andrew ^a   Blake, Christopher J ^c   Llewellyn, Danny J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; COTTON; DISEASES; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS;

CADINENE SYNTHASE (CDNS); GOSSYPOL LEVELS;

ENZYMES;

CLONES; COTTON; DISEASES; ENZYMES; GENES; PROTEINS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RHIZOBIUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DELTA CADINENE SYNTHASE; DELTA-CADINENE SYNTHASE; GOSSYPOL; ISOMERASE; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; COTTON; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ANTISENSE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VECTORS; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPOL; ISOMERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 27244442453     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.056010     Document Type: Article

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