Genes encoding defense-related proteins have been used to alter the resistance of plants to
pathogens and other environmental challenges, but no single fungal gene overexpression …

Agricultural crops worldwide suffer from a vast array of fungal diseases which cause severe
yield losses. Upon interaction with a pathogen, plants initiate a complex network of defense …

Crop plants have evolved an array of mechanisms to counter biotic and abiotic stresses.
Many pathogenesis-related proteins are expressed by plants during the attack of pathogens …

Chitin is a major component of fungal walls and insect exoskeletons. Plants produce
chitinases upon pathogen attack and chito-oligomers induce defense responses in plants …

Microbial endochitinase CHIT36 is one of the lytic enzymes secreted by Trichoderma
harzianum that exhibits antifungal activity in vitro. To evaluate its activity when expressed in …

Disease resistance in transgenic plants has been improved, for the first time, by the insertion
of a gene from a biocontrol fungus. The gene encoding a strongly antifungal endochitinase …

Abstract Endochitinases (EC 3.2. 14, chitinase) are believed to be important in the
biochemical defense of plants against chitin-containing fungal pathogens. We introduced a …

Chitinase proteins are widely distributed across diverse biological systems. Chitinases
hydrolyze chitin, chitosan, lipochitooligosaccharides, peptidoglycan, arabinogalactan and …

Plants respond to pathogen attack by the induction of a battery of defenses, suggesting that
different protective mechanisms may have complementary roles in the overall expression of …

Chitin oligomers, released from fungal cell walls by endochitinase, induce defence and
related cellular responses in many plants. However, little is known about chitin responses in …