Genetic Engineering of Plants for Bacterial Disease         Resistance
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The research described in this proposal will test the feasibility of            expressing the antibacterial protein cecropin in plant cells.  The gene         will be synthesized, and then the peptide produced in E. coli.  This            protein will be used in antibody preparation and in lethality tests             against bacterial plant pathogens.  The cecropin gene will then be              engineered for expression in plant cells, and introduced into tomato            leaf disc cells by Agrobacterium transformation.  Transformed callus            tissue and transformed plants will be evaluated for the expression of           cecropin protein.                                                                                                                                               The research has the potential of enabling the production of vegetable          crops with resistance to post-harvest disease.
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