Overexpression of TiERF1 enhances resistance to sharp eyespot in transgenic wheat

• Published in: Journal of experimental botany Vol. 59; no. 15; pp. 4195 - 4204
• Main Authors: Chen, Liang, Zhang, ZengYan, Liang, HongXia, Liu, HongXia, Du, LiPu, Xu, Huijun, Xin, Zhiyong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.11.2008; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Biological resistance; China; Chitinases; Chitinases - genetics; Chitinases - metabolism; Cultivars; Defence-related gene; Disease resistance; ethylene; ethylene response factor (ERF); Ethylenes; Ethylenes - metabolism; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression; Genes; Genetic engineering applications; genetics; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; Genomes; Genomics; Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase; Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase - genetics; Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase - metabolism; Immunity, Innate; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; pathogenicity; Pathogens; physiology; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Plant breeding: fundamental aspects and methodology; Plant Diseases; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant Proteins; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Plants; Plants, Genetically Modified; Plants, Genetically Modified - genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified - immunology; Plants, Genetically Modified - microbiology; Plants, Genetically Modified - physiology; Poaceae; Poaceae - metabolism; Protein Structure, Tertiary; reporter genes; Research Papers; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Rhizoctonia; Rhizoctonia - pathogenicity; Rhizoctonia cerealis; sharp eyespot; Southern blotting; Thinopyrum intermedium; Transgenic plants; transgenic wheat plants; Triticum; Triticum - genetics; Triticum - immunology; Triticum - microbiology; Triticum - physiology; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; Yeasts; China; Defence-related gene; ethylene response factor (ERF); sharp eyespot; transgenic wheat plants; Monocotyledones; Plant pathogen; Agropyron intermedium; Ethylene; Rhizoctonia cerealis; Organism defense; Fungi; Resistance; Triticum; Gramineae; Resistance gene; Thinopyrum intermedium; Angiospermae; Botany; Spermatophyta; Transgenic plant; Fungi Imperfecti; Fodder crop

Wheat sharp eyespot, primarily caused by a soil-borne fungus Rhizoctonia cerealis, has become one of the most serious diseases of wheat in China. In this study, an ethylene response factor (ERF) gene from a wheat relative Thinopyrum intermedium, TiERF1, was characterized further, transgenic wheat li...