Isolation of a large thaumatin-like antifungal protein from seeds of the Kweilin chestnut Castanopsis chinensis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 364-370

  Chu, K T ^a   Ng, T B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Castanopsis chinensis; Chestnut; Isolation; Thaumatin like

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; AMMONIUM ACETATE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BUFFER; CELLULOSE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; THAUMATIN; TRYPSIN;

ADSORPTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CASTANOPSIS CHINENSIS; CHESTNUT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRACTIONATION; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IC 50; INCUBATION TIME; KIWIFRUIT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOSPHAERELLA ARACHIDICOLA; NONHUMAN; PH; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYSALOSPORA PIRICOLA; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS CHINENSIS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MYCOSPHAERELLA; MYCOSPHAERELLA ARACHIDICOLA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYSALOSPORA; PHYSALOSPORA PIRICOLA;

EID: 0037423689     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02998-4     Document Type: Article

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