Transgenic Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) expressing tomato glucanase leads to arrested growth of Alternaria brassicae

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-252

  Mondal, Kalyan K ^a   Bhattacharya, R C ^b   Koundal, K R ^b   Chatterjee, S C ^c  

^a CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alternaria brassicae; Alternaria leaf spot; Brassica juncea; Glucanase; Indian mustard

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGUS ATTACK; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS;

ALTERNARIA BRASSICAE; ALTERNARIA LEAF SPOT; BRASSICA JUNCEA; TRANSGENICS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELLULASE;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALTERNARIA; CELLULASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUSTARD PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

BRASSICA; DISEASES; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCANASE; GROWTH RATE; PROTEINS; TOMATOES;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33846629464     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0241-3     Document Type: Article

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