Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of the gene of a seed-specific antimicrobial protein from pokeweed

Plant Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1015-1024

  Liu, Yingfang ^a   Luo, Jingchu ^a   Xu, Chunyu ^a   Ren, Fucheng ^a   Peng, Cheng ^a   Wu, Guangyao ^a   Zhao, Jindong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DISULFIDE BOND; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTRON; MIRABILIS JALAPA; PH; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

FUNGI; MIRABILIS JALAPA; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034001189     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.4.1015     Document Type: Article

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