Expression of the yeast cpd1 gene in tobacco confers resistance to the fungal toxin cercosporin

Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-251

  Panagiotis, Madesis ^a   Kritonas, Kalantidis ^a   Irini, Nianiou Obeidat ^a   Kiriaki, Chatzidimitriou ^a   Nicolaos, Panopoulos ^b   Athanasios, Tsaftaris ^a,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c Institute of Agrobiotechnology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cercosporin detoxification; Cpd1 gene; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

CERCOSPORIN DETOXIFICATION; LIGHT ENERGY; PHYTOPATHOGENIC SPECIES; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO;

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; NUCLEOTIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TOXIC MATERIALS;

YEAST;

CERCOSPORIN; MYCOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CERCOSPORIN PHOTOSENSITIZER DETOXIFICATION 1 GENE; DETOXIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; PERYLENE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

FUNGI; PLANTS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CERCOSPORA; FUNGI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34249291314     PISSN: 13890344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioeng.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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