Cloning of a cDNA encoding the thaumatin-like protein of winter rye (Secale cereale L. Musketeer) and its functional characterization

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 339, 1999, Pages 1627-1628

  Chan, Yee Wai ^a   Tung, Wai Lin ^a   Griffith, Marilyn ^b   Chow, King Chuen ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Low molecular weight thaumatin like protein; Pathogenesis related protein; Secale cereale; Winter rye

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CDNA LIBRARY; CLONING; DNA ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; THAUMATIN LIKE PROTEIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 0032830690     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.339.1627     Document Type: Article

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