A family of antimicrobial peptides is produced by processing of a 7S globulin protein in Macadamia integrifolia kernels

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 699-710

  Marcus, John P ^a   Green, Jodie L ^a   Goulter, Ken C ^a   Manners, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN 7S; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; GENES, PLANT; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GLOBULINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA;

EID: 0033197643     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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