An acidic 39-kDa protein secreted from stigmas of tobacco has an aminoterminal motif that is conserved among thaumatin-like proteins

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-95

  Kuboyama, Tsutomu ^a   Yoshida, Kaoru T ^a   Takeda, Genkichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nicotiana tabacum; Pathogenesis related protein; PR 5; Stigmatic exudate; Thaumatin like proteins

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0030988058     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029091     Document Type: Article

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