Items for "fungal resistance"

Transgenic expression of gallerimycin, a novel antifungal insect defensin from the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella, confers resistance to pathogenic fungi in tobacco

A cDNA encoding gallerimycin, a novel antifungal peptide from the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella, was isolated from a cDNA library of genes expressed during innate immune response in the caterpillars...

Keywords: Erysiphe cichoracearum, fungal resistance, Galleria mellonella, gallerimycin, mas promoter, Sclerotinia minor, tobacco