A potent antimicrobial protein from onion seeds showing sequence homology to plant lipid transfer proteins

Plant Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 445-455

  Cammue, Bruno Philippe Angelo ^a   Thevissen, Karin ^a   Hendriks, Marijke ^a   Eggermont, Kristel ^a   Goderis, Inge Johanna ^a   Proost, Paul ^b   Van Damme, Jozef ^b   Osborn, Rupert William ^c   Guerbette, Françoise ^d   Kader, Jean Claude ^d   Broekaert, Willem Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VISCUM ALBUM; ZEA MAYS; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0029379573     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.2.445     Document Type: Article

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