Characterization and expression of an nsLTPs-like antimicrobial protein gene from motherwort (Leonurus japonicus)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 759-766

  Yang, Xingyong ^a   Wang, Xiaowen ^a   Li, Xianbi ^a   Zhang, Beibei ^a   Xiao, Yuehua ^a   Li, Demou ^a   Xie, Chengjian ^a   Pei, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial protein; Disease resistance; Expression; Phylopenetic analysis; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; LEONURUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; LEONURUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LEONURUS; LEONURUS JAPONICUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 41049111576     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-008-0506-0     Document Type: Article

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