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Genetic engineering strategies for enhancing tomato resistance to fungal and bacterial pathogens

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The classification and detailed overview of the currently known effective strategies used to increase the resistance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L., syn. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants to infectious fungal and bacterial diseases by genetic engineering approaches are presented. Modern data on the mechanisms of the protective effect of heterologous genes on the enhancement of transgenic tomato resistance to fungal and bacterial pathogens are discussed.

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Abbreviations

AMP:

antimicrobial peptides

HR:

hypersensitive response

PGIP:

polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins

PR proteins:

pathogenesis-related proteins

RIP:

ribosome-inactivating proteins

SAR:

systemic acquired resistance

35S CaMV :

constitutive promoter of 35S RNA of cauliflower mosaic virus

KLP:

knottin-type peptides

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Khaliluev, M.R., Shpakovskii, G.V. Genetic engineering strategies for enhancing tomato resistance to fungal and bacterial pathogens. Russ J Plant Physiol 60, 721–732 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443713050087

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