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dc.creatorArenas,Gloria
dc.creatorMarshall,Sergio H.
dc.creatorEspinoza,Valeria
dc.creatorRamírez,Ingrid
dc.creatorPeña-Cortés,Hugo
dc.date2006-04-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T12:44:16Z
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dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582006000200008
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/84858
dc.descriptionA "defensin-like" antibacterial peptide from Mytilus edulis chilensis, was sub-cloned into a binary vector for expression in plant tissues. The resulting new clone was electroporated into A. tumefaciens to transform tobacco plants. The presence of the construct in transgenic tobacco lines was demonstrated through RT-PCR, Northern and Western blots. Transformed positive plants were selected and grown for challenging. Tobacco leaves were infiltrated with Pseudomonassyringae pv. syringae and visual lesions determined at different times post-exposure. Of seven plants exposed, four gave variable protection up to seven days post-infection while one of them appears to be fully protected. These results suggest that defensin-like antimicrobial peptides from molluscs are a good source to provide resistance of tobacco plants to Pseudomonassyringae pv. syringae.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
dc.relation10.4067/S0717-34582006000200008
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceElectronic Journal of Biotechnology v.9 n.2 2006
dc.subjectantibacterial peptide
dc.subjectdisease resistance
dc.subjectin vivo expression
dc.subjectNicotiana tabacum L.
dc.subjectPseudomonassyringae pv. syringae
dc.subjecttransgenic tobacco plants
dc.titleProtective effect of an antimicrobial peptide from Mytilus edulis chilensis expressed in Nicotiana tabacum L.


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