Purification and characterization of an antifungal thaumatin-like protein from sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) leaves

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 452-461

  Velazhahan, R ^a   Jayaraj, J ^a   Jeoung, J M ^a   Liang, G H ^a   Muthukrishnan, S ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Fusarium moniliforme; PR 5 protein; Sorghum bicolor; Trichoderma viride

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SEPHADEX; THAUMATIN; THAUMATIN LIKE PROTEIN; ZEAMATIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN; SORGHUM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROSS REACTION; FRACTIONATION; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GEL FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STALK ROT;

FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0036736727     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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