RPW8

S Xiao1, S Ellwood, O Calis

  • 1School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 6, 2001
PubMed
まとめ

アラビドプシスの2つの遺伝子,RAISISTANCE TO POWDERY MILDEW8.1とRPW8.2は,粉末真菌に対する幅広い耐性を提供しています. これらの遺伝子は,特定の耐性において用いられるものと同様の,サリチル酸に依存する防御機能を利用する.

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