Use of a PTGS-MAR expression system for efficient in planta production of bioactive Arabidopsis thaliana plant defensins

Transgenic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 531-538

  Sels, Jan ^a   Delauré, Stijn L ^a   Aerts, An M ^a   Proost, Paul ^b   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a   De Bolle, Miguel F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Arabidopsis thaliana; Gene silencing mutants; Peptide; Plant defensins; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; PDF1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PLASMID; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHICKENS; FUNGI; GENETIC VECTORS; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS; MURAMIDASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34447294523     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9057-8     Document Type: Article

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