Transgenic sweet orange plants expressing a dermaseptin coding sequence show reduced symptoms of citrus canker disease

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 412-419

  Furman, Nicolás ^a   Kobayashi, Ken ^a   Zanek, Maria Cecilia ^b   Calcagno, Javier ^c   García, Maria Laura ^b   Mentaberry, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Superior de Investigaciones ISI Universidad de Maimónides   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antibacterial resistance; Canker disease; Dermaseptin; Transgenic orange

Indexed keywords

CANKER DISEASE; COMMERCIAL CULTIVARS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DERMASEPTIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE; NORTHWEST ARGENTINA; TRANSGENICS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CITRUS FRUITS;

DERMASEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CANKER; CITRUS CANKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEET ORANGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIBACTERIAL RESISTANCE; CANKER DISEASE; DERMASEPTIN; TRANSGENIC ORANGE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CITRUS SINENSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 84883243754     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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