Cicerarin, a novel antifungal peptide from the green chickpea

Peptides

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 659-663

  Chu, K T ^a   Liu, K H ^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; Cicerarin; Green chickpea

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CICERARIN; PEPTIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALYLLYSYLSERYLTHREONYLGLYCYLARGINYLALANYLASPARTYLASPARTYLASPARTYLLEUCYLALA NYLVALYLLYSYLTHREONYLLYSYLTYROSYLLEUCYLPROLYLPROLINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CHICKPEA; DRUG ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MYCOSPHAERELLA ARACHIDICOLA; NONHUMAN; PHYSALOSPORA PIRICOLA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; CICER; CICER ARIETINUM; MYCOSPHAERELLA; PHYSALOSPORA;

EID: 0043207427     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(03)00134-7     Document Type: Article

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