| Autor: |
B. Visser, D. E. A. Florack, W. J. Stiekema |
| Rok vydání: |
1993 |
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| Zdroj: |
Durability of Disease Resistance ISBN: 9789401048859 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-94-011-2004-3_6 |
| Popis: |
Genetically engineered resistance against viruses via a biotechnological approach has recently been established in plants by the expression of part of the viral genome which codes for the viral coat protein. Accumulation of the coat protein in plants has been shown to result in reduction or absence of disease symptoms and virus accumulation after virus infection. This strategy has been called ‘coat protein-mediated resistance’. It is not yet clear how viral coat protein accumulation confers this resistance, however it is most likely that it interferes with several stages of disease development. Genetically engineered tolerance to a phytopathogenic bacterium via a biotechnological approach has also been reported. The protection is based on the inactivation of the bacterial toxin causing the disease symptoms. A potentially more promising approach to confer bacterial resistance is by the expression of bactericidal toxins and lytic enzymes which interfere with bacterial multiplication and viability in plants. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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