Concurrent purification of two defense proteins from French bean seeds: A defensin-like antifungal peptide and a hemagglutinin

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-353

  Leung, Edwin H W ^a   Wong, Jack H ^a   Ng, T B ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Defesin like antifungal peptide; French bean; Hemagglutinin; Isolation

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEFENSIN LIKE ANTIFUNGAL PEPTIDE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS HEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT EXTRACT; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IC 50; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEUKEMIA L 1210; LIVER CELL; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPLEEN CELL; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DEFENSINS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; MICE; PHASEOLUS; PLANT LECTINS; SEEDS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 40749144830     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.946     Document Type: Article

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