Antifungal proteins from seeds of Australian native plants and isolation of an antifungal peptide from atriplex nummularia

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-394

  Last, D I ^a   Llewellyn, D J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Antimicrobial peptide; Atriplex; Australian flora; Seed protein

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA;

ALPHITONIA; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL PEPTIDE; ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN; ARCHONTOPHOENIX; ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA; ATRIPLEX; AUSTRALIA; CALLISTEMON; DODONAEA; EXTRACTION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SEED; THIELAVIOPSIS BASICOLA; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

AMINO ACID; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

EID: 0030609464     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1997.10410163     Document Type: Article

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