Membrane permeabilizing activity of pathogenesis-related protein linusitin from flax seed

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 610-617

  Anžlovar, Sabina ^a   Dalla Serra, Mauro ^b   Dermastia, Marina ^a   Menestrina, Gianfranco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Linum usitatissimum L.; Liposomes; Thaumatin like proteins

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CALCEIN; FLAX; LINUSITIN; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

EID: 3543009551     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.7.610     Document Type: Article

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