In vivo and in vitro activity of truncated osmotin that is secreted into the extracellular matrix

Plant Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-131

  Liu, Dong ^a   Rhodes, David ^a   D'Urzo, Matilde Paino ^a   Xu, Yi ^a   Narasimhan, Meena L ^a   Hasegawa, Paul M ^a   Bressan, Ray A ^a   Abad, Laura ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Extracellular targeting; Osmotin; Pathogenesis related protein; Phytophthora infestans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001637922     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04514-1     Document Type: Article

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