Zhang, Z., Coyne, D. P., Vidaver, A. K., and Mitra, A. 1998. Expression of human lactoferrin cDNA confers resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in transgenic tobacco plants. Phytopathology 88:730-734. A construct containing a human lactoferrin cDNA was used to transform tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) using an Agrobacterium-mediated DNA-transfer system to express this human protein in transgenic pla...