Plant defensins

Planta

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 193-202

  Thomma, Bart P H J ^a   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a   Thevissen, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cysteine rich peptide; Defensin; Innate immunity; Permeabilization; Thionin

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEFENSIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADISH; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITES; DEFENSINS; FUNGI; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RAPHANUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036886964     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0902-6     Document Type: Review

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