%R 10.1016/0378-4290(95)00061-5
%J Field Crops Research
%L upm5856
%N 1-3
%P 79-84
%V 45
%A Francisco García Olmedo
%A Antonio Molina Fernández
%A Ana Segura
%A Manuel Moreno
%A Atilio Castagnaro
%A Elena Titarenko
%A Pablo Rodriguez Palenzuela
%A Manuel Piñeiro Galvin
%A Isabel Diaz Rodriguez
%I Elsevier
%T Engineering plants against pathogens: A general strategy
%K Defence proteins; Hordeum vulgare; Plant diseases; Resistance; disease; Transgenic plants
%D 1996
%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.