Stacking of antimicrobial genes in potato transgenic plants confers increased resistance to bacterial and fungal pathogens

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 334-343

  Rivero, Mercedes ^a   Furman, Nicolás ^a   Mencacci, Nicolás ^a   Picca, Pablo ^a   Toum, Laila ^a   Lentz, Ezequiel ^b   Bravo Almonacid, Fernando ^b   Mentaberry, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AP24 osmotine; Dermaseptin; Erwinia carotovora; Fusarium solani; Lysozyme; Phytophthora infestans; Potato; Resistance; Rhizoctonia solani; Streptomyces scabies; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

AP24 OSMOTINE; DERMASEPTIN; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; FUSARIUM SOLANI; LYSOZYME; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; POTATO; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; STREPTOMYCES SCABIES; TRANSGENICS;

BACTERIA; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENZYMES; FUNGI;

GENES;

DERMASEPTIN; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOWL; FROG; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYPHOMYCETES; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREPTOMYCES; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MURAMIDASE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSARIUM SOLANI; GALLUS GALLUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHYLLOMEDUSA SAUVAGEI; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STREPTOMYCES SCABIEI; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 84855698734     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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