Effect of Urtica dioica agglutinin and Arabidopsis thaliana Chia4 chitinase on the protozoan Phytomonas françai

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Rocha, Graça Celeste Gomes ^a   Nicolich, Rebecca ^a   Romeiro, Alexandre ^a   Margis Pinheiro, Márcia ^a   Attias, Márcia ^a   Alves Ferreira, Márcio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Arabidopsis thaliana; Chitinase; Manihot esculenta; Phytomonas fran ai; Plant defense

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; CHITINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHITIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT LECTIN; STINGING NETTLE LECTIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOMONAS; PHYTOMONAS FRANCAI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTOZOON; SURFACE PROPERTY; URTICA DIOICA; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PHYTOMONAS; PROTOZOA; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PLANT LECTINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 1842473621     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00526-3     Document Type: Article

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