Fabatins: New antimicrobial plant peptides

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-64

  Zhang, Ying ^a,c   Lewis, Kim ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Plant peptide; Thionin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FABATIN; PEPTIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESEARCH; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030935921     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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