Crystal Structure of Osmotin, a Plant Antifungal Protein

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 170-173

  Min, Kyeongsik ^a   Ha, Sung Chul ^a   Hasegawa, Paul M ^b   Bressan, Ray A ^b   Yun, Dae Jin ^c   Kim, Kyeong Kyu ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; OSMOTIN; OSMOTIN PROTEIN, NICOTIANA TABACUM; THAUMATIN; THAUMATIN PROTEIN, PLANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TOBACCO; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0346786548     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10571     Document Type: Article

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