Identification of a cowpea γ-thionin with bactericidal activity

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3489-3497

  Franco, Octávio L ^a,c   Murad, Andre M ^a   Leite, José R ^b   Mendes, Paulo A M ^a   Prates, Maura V ^b   Bloch Jr , Carlos ^b  

^a UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

thionin; Bactericidal; Defensin; Germination; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

CP THIONIN II; GAMMA THIONIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GERMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHASEOLUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 33746112262     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05349.x     Document Type: Article

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