Antifungal activity of plant and bacterial ureases

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 971-983

  Becker Ritt, A B ^a   Martinelli, A H S ^a   Mitidieri, S ^b   Feder, V ^a   Wassermann, G E ^a   Santi, L ^a   Vainstein, M H ^a   Oliveira, J T A ^c   Fiuza, L M ^d   Pasquali, G ^a   Carlini, C R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b BioPlus Biotechnological Development LTDA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Helicobacter pylori; Jackbean; Plant pathogen; Soybean; Urease

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; UREA; UREASE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANAVALIA; CELL DAMAGE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PLASMOLYSIS; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOYBEAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANAVALIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FUNGI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; TIME FACTORS; UREASE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; SPOROSARCINA PASTEURII;

EID: 35648950032     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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