Isolation and properties of floral defensins from ornamental tobacco and petunia

Plant Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1283-1293

  Lay, Fung T ^a   Brugliera, Filippa ^b   Anderson, Marilyn A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Florigene Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TOBACCO;

AMINO ACIDS; FLOWERS; PATHOGENS; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ALATA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PETUNIA; PETUNIA HYBRIDA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 0346665520     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.016626     Document Type: Article

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