Antimicrobial peptides: modes of mechanism, modulation of defense responses

M Rahnamaeian - Plant signaling & behavior, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Complicated schemes of classical breeding and their drawbacks, environmental risks
imposed by agrochemicals, decrease of arable land, and escalating damages of pests and …

The new CaSn gene belonging to the snakin family induces resistance against root-knot nematode infection in pepper

Z Mao, J Zheng, Y Wang, G Chen, Y Yang, D Feng… - Phytoparasitica, 2011 - Springer
The new CaSn gene belonging to the snakin family in pepper (Capsicum annuum) encodes
a novel antimicrobial peptide and responds to root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) …

Silencing of host basal defense response-related gene expression increases susceptibility of Nicotiana benthamiana to Clavibacter michiganensis subsp …

V Balaji, G Sessa, CD Smart - Phytopathology, 2011 - Am Phytopath Society
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis is an actinomycete, causing bacterial wilt
and canker disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). We used virus-induced gene …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of tissue-specific, abiotic stress-responsive gene expression patterns in wine grape (Vitis viniferaL.) based on curation and mining of large-scale …

RL Tillett, A Ergül, RL Albion, KA Schlauch… - BMC plant biology, 2011 - Springer
Background Abiotic stresses, such as water deficit and soil salinity, result in changes in
physiology, nutrient use, and vegetative growth in vines, and ultimately, yield and flavor in …

Advances in mapping loci conferring resistance to rice sheath blight and mining Rhizoctonia solani resistant resources

Y ZENG, Z JI, X LI, C YANG - Rice Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Sheath blight (SB) caused by Rhizoctonia solani is one of the three major diseases of rice,
and now has become the most severe disease causing rice yield loss in China. Breeding …

[PDF][PDF] Increased tolerance to wheat powdery mildew by heterologous constitutive expression of the Solanum chacoense snakin-1 gene.

P Faccio, C Vazquez-Rovere, E Hopp, G González… - 2011 - researchgate.net
Great efforts are currently being devoted to studying the use of transgenes to confer
resistance to phytopathogenic fungi. Snakin-1 is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide …

[PDF][PDF] Transgenic plants expressing antimicrobial lactoferrin protein are resistant to a fungal pathogen

TC Nguyen, DK Lakshman, J Han, LC Galvez, A Mitra - 2011 - academia.edu
Transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum var Xanthi) and Arabidopsis (A. thaliana) plants
expressing an antimicrobial bovine lactoferrin (BLF) gene were developed and evaluated for …

Plant antimicrobial peptides: From basic structures to applied research

SM Ribeiro, SC Dias, OL Franco - Peptide Drug Discovery and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are recognized as the first line of defense in several
organisms against a wide array of pathogens [1]. These small molecules (o100 amino acid …

[PDF][PDF] Increased Tolerance to Wheat Powdery Mildew by Heterologous Constitutive Expression of the Solanum

P FACCIO, C VAZQUEZ-ROVERE, E HOPP… - academia.edu
Great efforts are currently being devoted to studying the use of transgenes to confer
resistance to phytopathogenic fungi. Snakin-1 is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide …

Snakin genes from potato: overexpression confers blackleg disease resistance: A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of …

S Mohan - 2011 - researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz
Antimicrobial peptides (host defense peptides) are an evolutionarily conserved component
of the innate immune response, and have been shown to kill or inhibit the growth of …