New insights into the target site and mode of action of the antifungal protein of Aspergillus giganteus

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-56

  Theis, Torsten ^a   Marx, Florentine ^b   Salvenmoser, Willibald ^c   Stahl, Ulf ^a   Meyer, Vera ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Aspergillus giganteus; Fungistatic fungicidal; Infection by Fusarium oxysporum; Localization

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IN VIVO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TOMATO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS;

ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; FUSARIUM SP.; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 11344279317     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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