%0 Journal Article
%@ 0378-4290
%A García Olmedo, Francisco
%A Molina Fernández, Antonio
%A Segura, Ana
%A Moreno, Manuel
%A Castagnaro, Atilio
%A Titarenko, Elena
%A Rodriguez Palenzuela, Pablo
%A Piñeiro Galvin, Manuel
%A Diaz Rodriguez, Isabel
%D 1996
%F upm:5856
%I Elsevier
%J Field Crops Research
%K Defence proteins; Hordeum vulgare; Plant diseases; Resistance; disease; Transgenic plants
%N 1-3
%P 79-84
%T Engineering plants against pathogens: A general strategy
%U http://oa.upm.es/5856/
%V 45
%X A general strategy to identify defense proteins and genes and to use them in transgenic plants to engineer enhanced resistance against pathogens is illustrated with specific experimental examples. A combinatorial model for the expression of defense genes in response to different pathogens is discussed.