Transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing chitinases of fungal origin show enhanced resistance to biotic and abiotic stress agents

Plant Physiology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 722-730

  De Las Mercedes Dana, María ^a   Pintor Toro, José A ^a   Cubero, Beatriz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TOBACCO;

ABIOTIC STRESS; GENES ENCODING; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENES; PLANTS; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33750036094     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.086140     Document Type: Article

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