Effect of sugars on the association between cowpea vicilin (7S storage proteins) and fungal cells

Biocell

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-179

  Rose, T L ^a   Gomes, V M ^a   Da Cunha, M ^a   Fernandes, K V S ^a   Xavier Filho, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cowpea seeds; Fusarium oxysporum; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Vicilin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SUCROSE; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ; VICILIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; COWPEA; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROGENESIS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUCROSE;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HELIX POMATIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS; VIGNA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0041689623     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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