Prototype demonstration of transgenic resistance to the nematode Radopholus similis conferred on banana by a cystatin

Transgenic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-142

  Atkinson, Howard J ^a   Grimwood, Sam ^a   Johnston, Kate ^a   Green, Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banana transformation; Cystatin; Radopholus similis; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANANA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; MUSA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSGENES; TYLENCHOIDEA;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; MUSA ACUMINATA; NEMATODA; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3242885247     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TRAG.0000026070.15253.88     Document Type: Article

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