Expression of BvGLP-1 encoding a germin-like protein from sugar beet in Arabidopsis thaliana leads to resistance against phytopathogenic fungi

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-457

  Knecht, Katrin ^a   Seyffarth, Monique ^b   Desel, Christine ^a   Thurau, Tim ^a   Sherameti, Irena ^b   Lou, Binggan ^c   Oelmüller, Ralf ^b   Cai, Daguang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BEET; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BETA VULGARIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SMN COMPLEX PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; FUNGI; HETERODERA SCHACHTII; HYPHOMYCETES; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE VAR. LONGISPORUM;

EID: 77949305420     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-23-4-0446     Document Type: Article

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