Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells harboring the gene encoding sarcotoxin IA secrete a peptide that is toxic to plant pathogenic bacteria

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 120-124

  Aly, Radi ^a   Granot, David ^a   Mahler Slasky, Yael ^b   Halpern, Nurit ^a   Nir, Dai ^a   Galun, Esra ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOTOXIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; HEXAPODA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PEREGRINA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. LACHRYMANS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0033152764     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1059     Document Type: Article

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