Binding of barley and wheat α-thionins to polysaccharides

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 958-964

  Oita, Shigeru ^a   Ohnishi Kameyama, Mayumi ^b   Nagata, Tadahiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Binding peptide; Chitin; thionin; glucan

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THIONIN PROTEIN, PLANT; ALPHA-THIONIN PROTEIN, PLANT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CHITIN; HORDOTHIONIN PROTEIN, HORDEUM VULGARE; LAMINARAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL WALL; CHITIN; HORDEUM; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRITICUM;

EID: 0034183089     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.958     Document Type: Article

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