Synthetic peptide combinatorial libraries: A method for the identification of bioactive peptides, against phytopathogenic fungi

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 537-549

  Reed, Jerry D ^a   Edwards, David L ^b   Gonzalez, Carlos F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ceres Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Synthetic peptide

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BOS TAURUS; CERATOCYSTIS FAGACEARUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; FUSARIUM SP.; HYPHOMYCETES; OOMYCETES; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RHIZOCTONIA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0031195262     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.5.537     Document Type: Article

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