A single amino acid substitution in the antimicrobial defense protein cecropin B is associated with diminished degradation by leaf intercellular fluid

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 525-528

  Owens, Lowell D ^a   Heutte, Thomas M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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INSECTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031149057     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.4.525     Document Type: Article

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