Prosystemin from potato, black nightshade, and bell pepper: Primary structure and biological activity of predicted systemin polypeptides

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Constabel, C Peter ^a,b   Yip, Lynn ^a,b   Ryan, Clarence A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plant defense; Proteinase inhibitors; Solanaceae; Systemic wound signaling

Indexed keywords

DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; PROSYSTEMIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATROPA BELLADONNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VEGETABLES;

CAPSICUM ANNUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031906016     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005986004615     Document Type: Article

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