Structurally dissimilar proteins with antiviral and antifungal potency from cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds

Life Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 26, 2000, Pages 3199-3207

  Ye, X Y ^a   Wang, H X ^b   Ng, T B ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Cowpea; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHITINASE; PLANT EXTRACT; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEPHAROSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIGNA UNGUICULATA EXTRACT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEA; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0034680709     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(00)00905-X     Document Type: Article

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