Biochemical, molecular and structural analysis of multiple thaumatin-like proteins from the elderberry tree (Sambucus nigra L.)

Planta

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 853-862

  Van Damme, Els J M ^a   Charels, Diana ^a   Menu Bouaouiche, Laurence ^b   Proost, Paul ^c   Barre, Annick ^b   Rougé, Pierre ^b   Peumans, Willy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis related protein; Sambucus; Thaumatin like protein

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FRUITS; GENES; MOLECULES;

ANTIFUNGAL;

PROTEINS;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOPENTANES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUIT; FUNGI; GARLIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 0036928978     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-001-0713-1     Document Type: Article

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