The expression of a bean PGIP in transgenic wheat confers increased resistance to the fungal pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-177

  Janni, Michela ^a   Sella, Luca ^b   Favaron, Francesco ^b   Blechl, Ann E ^c   De Lorenzo, Giulia ^d   D'Ovidio, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PGIP PROTEIN, PLANT; POLYGALACTURONASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DIFFUSION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHEAT;

ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIFFUSION; FABACEAE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYGALACTURONASE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

BIPOLARIS SOROKINIANA; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38349147028     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-2-0171     Document Type: Article

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