The chitinase gene (Bbchit1) from Beauveria bassiana enhances resistance to Cytospora chrysosperma in Populus tomentosa Carr

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1325-1332

  Jia, Zhichun ^a   Sun, Yimin ^a   Yuan, Li ^a   Tian, Qiaoyan ^a   Luo, Keming ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bbchit1; Cytospora chrysosperma; Fungal resistance; Populus tomentosa Carr.; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BBCHIT1; CYTOSPORA CHRYSOSPERMA; FUNGAL RESISTANCE; POPULUS TOMENTOSA CARR; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

FUNGI; GENES; ZINC OXIDE;

FUNGUS RESISTANCE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CELL EXTRACT; CHITINASE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPEN; BEAUVERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BEAUVERIA; CELL EXTRACTS; CHITINASE; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; POPULUS TOMENTOSA; RHIZOBIUM; VALSA SORDIDA;

EID: 77955711431     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0297-6     Document Type: Article

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