Isolation of lilin, a novel arginine- and glutamate-rich protein with potent antifungal and mitogenic activities from lily bulbs

Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1075-1084

  Wang, Hexiang ^a,b   Ng, Tzi Bun ^a,b,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Bulbs; Lily; Mitogenic

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARGININE; CHITINASE; CYCLOPHILIN; DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOGENIC AGENT; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN LILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; GARLIC; LEEK; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ONION; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGI; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; LILIUM; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; RNA, TRANSFER;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM PORRUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LILIUM; LILIUM BROWNII; LUFFA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 0037126946     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01472-2     Document Type: Article

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