Cloning of maize chitinase 1 gene and its expression in genetically transformed rice to confer resistance against rice blast caused by Pyricularia oryzae

• Sadaf Anwaar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sadaf Anwaar, Nyla Jabeen

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Nyla Jabeen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sadaf Anwaar, Nyla Jabeen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Khawaja Shafique Ahmad ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shafiquebot@gmail.com, ahmadks@upr.edu.pk

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8814-9878

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• Saima Shafique,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Molecular Genetics, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

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• Samra Irum,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Hammad Ismail,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

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• Siffat Ullah Khan,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Ateeq Tahir,

  Roles Software, Validation

  Affiliation Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Nasir Mehmood,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Botany, Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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• Mark L. Gleason

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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