A novel defensin encoded by a mungbean cDNA exhibits insecticidal activity against bruchid

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 7258-7263

  Chen, Kuan Chung ^a   Lin, Ching Yu ^a   Kuan, Cheng Chun ^a   Sung, Hsien Yi ^a   Chen, Ching San ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bruchid resistance; Defensin; In vitro translation; Mungbean

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN PROTEINS, PLANT; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVA; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT PEST; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; DEFENSINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS; COLEOPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 0037021614     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020527q     Document Type: Article

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