Stress-induced expression of cucumber chitinase and Nicotiana plumbaginifolia β-1,3-glucanase genes in transgenic potato plants

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-141

  Moravčíková, Jana ^a   Libantová, Jana ^a   Heldák, Ján ^b   Salaj, Ján ^a   Bauer, Miroslav ^c   Matušíková, Ildikó ^a   Gálová, Zdenka ^d   Mlynárová, Ľudmila ^a  

^a Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology SAS   (Slovakia)

^b Potato Research and Breeding Institute   (Slovakia)

^c SLOVAK AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Slovakia)

^d SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Chitinase; Glucanase; In situ hybridisation; Polyubiquitin promoter; Rhizoctonia solani; Transgenic potato

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 34250633573     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-006-0017-y     Document Type: Article

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