Transgenic wheat expressing a barley class II chitinase gene has enhanced resistance against Fusarium graminearum

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2371-2378

  Shin, Sanghyun ^a   Mackintosh, Caroline A ^a,b   Lewis, Janet ^a,c   Heinen, Shane J ^a   Radmer, Lorien ^a   Dill Macky, Ruth ^a   Baldridge, Gerald D ^a   Zeyen, Richard J ^a   Muehlbauer, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Saint Mary   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Fusarium graminearum; Fusarium head blight; Transformation; Wheat

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIBRIO PHAGE VSK;

CHITINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

CHITINASE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HORDEUM; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRITICUM;

EID: 48649100385     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern103     Document Type: Article

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