Molecular cloning of a thaumatin-like protein gene from Pyrus pyrifolia and overexpression of this gene in tobacco increased resistance to pathogenic fungi

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-39

  Liu, Diqiu ^a   He, Xin ^a   Li, Wenxian ^a   Chen, Chaoyin ^a   Ge, Feng ^a  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fungal resistance; Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai; Thaumatin like protein; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; AMINO ACID RESIDUES; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN; ARGININE RESIDUE; ASPARTIC ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CRUDE PROTEINS; CYSTEINE RESIDUES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOLDING PATTERNS; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE FAMILIES; GLUTAMIC ACID RESIDUES; HIGH RESISTANCE; HOST DEFENSE; HYPHAL GROWTH; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MOLECULAR CLONING; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; OVER-EXPRESSION; PATHOGEN INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS; PATHOGENIC FUNGI; PHOMOPSIS SP; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT EXPRESSION VECTORS; PLANT SPECIES; PUTATIVE PROTEINS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA NAKAI; Q-RT-PCR; QUANTITATIVE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SOUTHERN BLOT; THAUMATIN-LIKE PROTEIN; TRANSFORMANTS; TRANSGENIC LINES; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO PLANTS; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; FRUITS; FUNGI; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ALTERNARIA; FUNGI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHOMOPSIS; PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA; PYRUS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 84865995831     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0167-0     Document Type: Article

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