Apoptosis-related genes confer resistance to Fusarium wilt in transgenic 'Lady Finger' bananas

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1141-1148

  Paul, Jean Yves ^a   Becker, Douglas K ^a   Dickman, Martin B ^b   Harding, Robert M ^a   Khanna, Harjeet K ^a   Dale, James L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Banana; Disease resistance; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense; Fusarium wilt; Necrotroph; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSA; NICK END LABELING; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MUSA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. CUBENSE; MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 80955163797     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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