Ectopically expressed leaf and bulb lectins from garlic (Allium sativum L.) protect transgenic tobacco plants against cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis)

Transgenic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-18

  Sadeghi, Amin ^a   Smagghe, Guy ^a   Broeders, Sylvia ^b,c   Hernalsteens, Jean Pierre ^b   De Greve, Henri ^b,d   Peumans, Willy J ^a   Van Damme, Els J M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allium sativum bulb lectin II (ASAII); Allium sativum leaf lectin (ASAL); Lectin; Lepidoptera; Spodoptera littoralis; Transgenic tobacco plants

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT LECTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GARLIC; GENE; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GARLIC; GENES, PLANT; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; TOBACCO;

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 37549068959     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-007-9069-z     Document Type: Article

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