Defence-related gene expression in transgenic lemon plants producing an antimicrobial Trichoderma harzianum endochitinase during fungal infection

Transgenic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 873-879

  Distefano, Gaetano ^a   La Malfa, Stefano ^a   Vitale, Alessandro ^a   Lorito, Matteo ^b   Deng, Ziniu ^c   Gentile, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrus limon; Defence response modification; Disease resistance assays; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; PRIMER DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRICHODERMA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CITRUS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHODERMA;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII;

EID: 50849129128     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-008-9172-9     Document Type: Article

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