Enhancement of resistance to aphids by introducing the snowdrop lectin gene gna into maize plants

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 627-638

  Wang, Zhaoyu ^a   Zhang, Kewei ^a   Sun, Xiaofen ^b   Tang, Kexuan ^b,c   Zhang, Juren ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Aphid; Galanthus nivalis L. agglutinin gene; Maize; Transgene

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; LECTIN; PROTEIN;

GENE TRANSFER; PEST RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APHID; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GALANTHUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INBRED STRAIN; INHERITANCE; INOCULATION; INSECT RESISTANCE; MAIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FERTILITY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; GALANTHUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; INSECTA; RHOPALOSIPHUM MAIDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645037543     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703563     Document Type: Article

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