Transgenic sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) expressing the attacin a gene for resistance to Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-192

  Cardoso, Suane Coutinho ^a   Barbosa Mendes, Janaynna Magalhães ^a   Boscariol Camargo, Raquel Luciana ^a,b   Christiano, Rock Seille Carlos ^a   Filho, Armando Bergamin ^a   Vieira, Maria Lúcia Carneiro ^a   Mendes, Beatriz Madalena Januzzi ^a   Filho, Francisco de Assis Alves Mourão ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro APTA Citros Sylvio Moreira   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Antimicrobial peptide; Asian citrus canker; Disease resistance; Genetic improvement; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS X LIMONIA; HEXAPODA; PERA; PYRUS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

EID: 77952880884     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-009-0141-0     Document Type: Article

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