Increased resistance to fire blight by expression of the phi-Ea1h phage depolymerase gene with constitutive and inducible promoters, translation enhancer and signal sequence in transgenic apple

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 793, Issue , 2008, Pages 293-296

  Borejsza Wysocka, E E ^a   Malnoy, M ^a   Aldwinckle, H S ^a   Geider, K ^b   Kim, W S ^c   Beer, S V ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c Norgen Biotek Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dpo; Exopolysaccharide; Genetic engineering; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE PHI-EA1H; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 61449115051     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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