Suppression of SERK gene expression affects fungus tolerance and somatic embryogenesis in transgenic lettuce

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-89

  Santos, M O ^a,b,c   Romano, E ^a   Vieira, L S ^a   Baldoni, A B ^a,b   Aragao F J L ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biotic stress; Gene suppression; Receptor like kinase; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FUNGI; LACTUCA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 57649116011     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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