Novel insect resistance in Brassica napus developed by transformation of chitinase and scorpion toxin genes

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 549-555

  Wang, Jingxue ^a,b   Chen, Zhenlang ^b   Du, Jianzhong ^a   Sun, Yi ^a   Liang, Aihua ^c  

^a Agri Biotechnology Research Centre of Shanxi Province   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Chitinase gene; Diamondback moth (Plutella maculipenis) larvae; Hypocotyls; Insect resistance; Scorpion toxin gene; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT CONTROL; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CHITINASE GENE; DIAMONDBACK MOTH (PLUTELLA MACULIPENIS) LARVAE; HYPOCOTYLS; SCORPION TOXIN GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHITINASE; KANAMYCIN; SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPESEED; RHIZOBIUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHITINASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KANAMYCIN; MOTHS; RHIZOBIUM; SCORPION VENOMS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BRASSICA; CHITIN; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT RESISTANCE; PLANTS; POISONS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BRASSICA NAPUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; RHIZOBIUM; SCORPIONES; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 27444433441     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0967-3     Document Type: Article

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