Peptide fragments from plant vicilins expressed in Escherichia coli exhibit antimicrobial activity in vitro

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-87

  Marcus, John P ^a   Goulter, Ken C ^a   Manners, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Aschochyta; Botrytis; Disease resistance; Fusarium; Mycosphaerella; Plant defense

Indexed keywords

BOTRYTIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSARIUM; MACADAMIA; MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA; MYCOSPHAERELLA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 49349111178     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-008-0024-9     Document Type: Article

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