HIGH-LEVEL EXPRESSION OF A VISCOTOXIN IN ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA GIVES ENHANCED RESISTANCE AGAINST PLASMODIOPHORA-BRASSICAE

Authors
HOLTORF S LUDWIGMULLER J APEL K BOHLMANN H
Citation
S. Holtorf et al., HIGH-LEVEL EXPRESSION OF A VISCOTOXIN IN ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA GIVES ENHANCED RESISTANCE AGAINST PLASMODIOPHORA-BRASSICAE, Plant molecular biology, 36(5), 1998, pp. 673-680
Citations number
74
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Biology
Journal title
Plant molecular biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01674412
Volume
36
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
673 - 680
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-4412(1998)36:5<673:HEOAVI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Viscotoxins are a group of toxic thionins found in several mistletoe s pecies. The constitutive CaMV-Omega promoter was used to drive the exp ression of the viscotoxin A3 cDNA from Viscum album in transgenic Arab idopsis thaliana C24. Lines with high viscotoxin A3 levels in all part s of the plant were selected and tested for resistance against the clu broot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae. The transgenic Lines were mor e resistant to infection by this pathogen than the parental line.