Preferential expression of a plant cystatin at nematode feeding sites confers resistance to Meloidogyne incognita and Globodera pallida

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-12

  Lilley, Catherine J ^a   Urwin, Peter E ^a   Johnston, Katherine A ^a   Atkinson, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystatin; Globodera pallida; Meloidogyne incognita; Promoter; Transgenic resistance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EUKARYOTA; GLOBODERA; GLOBODERA PALLIDA; GLOBODERA SP.; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 3242879430     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-7652.2003.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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