Purification and mass spectrometry-assisted sequencing of basic antifungal proteins from seeds of pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima)

Plant Science

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-162

  Vassiliou, Alice G ^a   Neumann, Gregory M ^a   Condron, Rosemary ^a   Polya, Gideon M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

6 Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase; cDNA; Enzyme activities; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Nitrate assimilation; Root plastids; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

CUCURBITA MAXIMA;

EID: 0032486404     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00052-1     Document Type: Article

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