Structural and functional diversity within the cystatin gene family of Hordeum vulgare

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 4245-4255

  Abraham, Zamira ^a,b   Martinez, Manuel ^a   Carbonero, Pilar ^a   Diaz, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Barley cystatin genes; Cysteine proteinase inhibitor; Intron exon structure; Three dimensional structure prediction

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; HORMONES; PROTEINS;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BARLEY CYSTATIN GENES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; INTRON-EXON STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE PREDICTION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33845605556     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl200     Document Type: Article

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