AtCYS1, a cystatin from Arabidopsis thaliana, suppresses hypersensitive cell death

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2593-2604

  Belenghi, Beatrice ^a   Acconcia, Filippo ^b   Trovato, Maurizio ^c   Perazzolli, Michele ^a   Bocedi, Alessio ^b   Polticelli, Fabio ^b   Ascenzi, Paolo ^b   Delledonne, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cystatin; Cysteine protease; Hypersensitive response; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; CYSTATIN 1; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PAPAIN; STEFIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEAF DAMAGE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NITROSATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PURIFICATION; SILIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0037636279     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03630.x     Document Type: Article

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