Expression of a chitinase gene from Metarhizium anisopliae in tobacco plants confers resistance against Rhizoctonia solani

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1933-1946

  Kern, Marcelo Fernando ^a   Maraschin, Simone De Faria ^a   Vom Endt, Débora ^a,b   Schrank, Augusto ^a   Vainstein, Marilene Henning ^a   Pasquali, Giancarlo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Disease resistance; Genetic transformation; Metarhizium anisopliae; Nicotiana tabacum; Rhizoctonia solani

Indexed keywords

CHITINASES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ATTACK; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO;

FUNGUS RESISTANCE;

CHITINASE; RECOMBINANT CHITINASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE SEGREGATION; HYPHOMYCETES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SELFING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHITINASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METARHIZIUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOCTONIA; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 77949916303     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-009-8701-1     Document Type: Article

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