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BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 34, Issue 11, Pages 1983-1990Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-1012-6
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Abiotic stresses; Antifungal genes; Fungal resistance; Pathogenesis-related proteins; Transgenic expression; beta-1,3-Glucanases
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beta-1,3-Glucanases are abundant in plants and have been characterized from a wide range of species. They play key roles in cell division, trafficking of materials through plasmodesmata, in withstanding abiotic stresses and are involved in flower formation through to seed maturation. They also defend plants against fungal pathogens either alone or in association with chitinases and other antifungal proteins. They are grouped in the PR-2 family of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins. Use of beta-1,3-glucanase genes as transgenes in combination with other antifungal genes is a plausible strategy to develop durable resistance in crop plants against fungal pathogens. These genes, sourced from alfalfa, barley, soybean, tobacco, and wheat have been co-expressed along with other antifungal proteins, such as chitinases, peroxidases, thaumatin-like proteins and alpha-1-purothionin, in various crop plants with promising results that are discussed in this review.
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