Discovery and characterization of proteins associated with aflatoxin-resistance: Evaluating their potential as breeding markers

Toxins

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 919-933

  Brown, Robert L ^a   Chen, Zhi Yuan ^b   Warburton, Marilyn ^c   Luo, Meng ^b   Menkir, Abebe ^d   Fakhoury, Ahmad ^e   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin resistance; Breeding markers; Maize resistance; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; AFLATOXIN; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANIONIC PEROXIDASE; COLD REGULATED PROTEIN; CUPIN DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN; GLOBULIN I; GLOBULIN II; INITIATION FACTOR 5A; LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE LYASE; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN; PATHOGENESIS RELATED PROTEIN 10; PEROXIREDOXIN 1; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER STRESS INDUCIBLE PROTEIN; ZEAMATIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOST RESISTANCE; MAIZE; MARKER ASSISTED BREEDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT STRESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AFLATOXINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952090635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins2040919     Document Type: Review

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