Transformation of the flax rust fungus, Melampsora lini: Selection via silencing of an avirulence gene

Plant Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-369

  Lawrence, Gregory J ^a   Dodds, Peter N ^a   Ellis, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Avirulence; Effector; Gene silencing; Rust; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; FLAX; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRULENCE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FLAX; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM; FUNGI; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MELAMPSORA LINI; RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UREDINALES;

EID: 73849135545     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.04052.x     Document Type: Article

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