Transformation of sweet orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] with pthA-nls for acquiring resistance to citrus canker disease

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-23

  Yang, Li ^a   Hu, Chunhua ^a,b   Li, Na ^a   Zhang, Jiayin ^a   Yan, Jiawen ^a   Deng, Ziniu ^a  

^a HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Citrus canker disease; Disease resistance; Genetic transformation; pthA nls; Sense and antisense strands; Sweet orange

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SWEET ORANGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CITRUS SINENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; RHIZOBIUM; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRI;

EID: 78650510158     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9699-z     Document Type: Article

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