Expression of anti-sclerotinia scFv in transgenic Brassica napus enhances tolerance against stem rot

New Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 816-821

  Yajima, William ^a   Verma, Shiv Shankar ^a   Shah, Saleh ^b   Rahman, Muhammad Hafizur ^a   Liang, Yue ^a   Kav, Nat Nat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Plant Biotechnology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; BRASSICA NAPUS; DISEASE SYMPTOMS; PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; PLANT PROTECTION; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY; S. SCLEROTIORUM; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; TRANSGENICS;

ANTIBODIES; CROPS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; STEM ROT;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODIES;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 78649711052     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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