Antimicrobial Peptides from Plants

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-323

  Broekaert, Willem F ^a   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a   De Bolle, Miguel F C ^a   Thevissen, Karin ^a   De Samblanx, Genoveva W ^a   Osborn, Rupert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Defense; Defensin; Hevein; Knottin; Lipid transfer protein; Molecular breeding; Pathogen; Resistance; Thionin; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347303542     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689709701952     Document Type: Article

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