Overexpression of Camellia sinensis thaumatin-like protein, CsTLP in potato confers enhanced resistance to macrophomina phaseolina and phytophthora infestans infection

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 609-622

  Acharya, Karan ^a   Pal, Awadhesh K ^a   Gulati, Arvind ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Singh, Anil K ^a   Ahuja, Paramvir S ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Macrophomina phaseolina; Phytophthora infestans; Thaumatin like protein; Transgenic potato

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL PROPERTIES; FUNGAL RESISTANCES; MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA; PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; THAUMATIN-LIKE PROTEIN; TRANSGENIC POTATO; TRANSGENIC POTATO PLANTS;

FUNGI; GENES;

PROTEINS;

LIPOXYGENASE; THAUMATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR STLOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR STPAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR STTLP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; FUNGUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPOXYGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84882878200     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-012-9603-y     Document Type: Article

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