THE CHITINASE ENCODING TN7-BASED CHIA GENE ENDOWS PSEUDOMONAS-FLUORESCENS WITH THE CAPACITY TO CONTROL PLANT-PATHOGENS IN SOIL

Authors
KOBY S SCHICKLER H CHET I OPPENHEIM AB
Citation
S. Koby et al., THE CHITINASE ENCODING TN7-BASED CHIA GENE ENDOWS PSEUDOMONAS-FLUORESCENS WITH THE CAPACITY TO CONTROL PLANT-PATHOGENS IN SOIL, Gene, 147(1), 1994, pp. 81-83
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Gene → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781119
Volume
147
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
81 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1119(1994)147:1<81:TCETCG>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A transposon system based on Tn7 carrying the chiA gene (encoding chit inase) of Serratia marcescens was established. The transposon was intr oduced by conjugation into Pseudomonas fluorescens as a stable integra te expressing and secreting the active chitinase enzyme. The resulting strain was shown to control the plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani in soil.