Constitutive expression of transgenes encoding derivatives of the synthetic antimicrobial peptide BP100: impact on rice host plant fitness

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nadal, Anna ^a   Montero, Maria ^a   Company, Nuri ^a   Badosa, Esther ^a   Messeguer, Joaquima ^b   Montesinos, Laura ^a   Montesinos, Emilio ^a   Pla, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide AMP; BP100; Hostplant fitness; Oryza sativa; Pathogen resistant rice; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; ORYZA SATIVA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYSYL LYSYL LEUCYL PHENYLALANYL LYSYL LYSYL ISOLEUCYL LEUCYL LYSYL TYROSYL LEUCINAMIDE; LYSYL-LYSYL-LEUCYL-PHENYLALANYL-LYSYL-LYSYL-ISOLEUCYL-LEUCYL-LYSYL-TYROSYL-LEUCINAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; RICE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEMOLYSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; ORYZA SATIVA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84865624041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-159     Document Type: Article

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