A new peptide of melon seeds which shows sequence homology with vicilin: Partial characterization and antifungal activity

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-405

  Ribeiro, S F F ^a   Agizzio, A P ^a   Machado, O L T ^a   Neves Ferreira, A G C ^b   Oliveira, M A ^a,c   Fernandes, K V S ^a   Carvalho, A O ^a   Perales, Jonas ^b   Gomes, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Cucumis melo; Fusarium oxysporum; Melon; Plant defense; Vicilin

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; HOMOLOGY; PEPTIDE; PLANT DEFENSE; PROTEIN; YEAST;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33846567577     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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