Brassica juncea chitinase BjCHI1 inhibits growth of fungal phytopathogens and agglutinates Gram-negative bacteria

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3475-3484

  Guan, Yuanfang ^a   Ramalingam, Sathishkumar ^a,c   Nagegowda, Dinesh ^a   Taylor, Paul W J ^b   Chye, Mee Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial agglutination; Chitin binding domain; Chloroplast transformation; Indian mustard; Lectin; Phytopathogens; Pichia expressed proteins; Transplastomic tobacco

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PICHIA; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TOBACCO;

CHITINASE; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MUSTARD PLANT; PICHIA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TOBACCO;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM TRUNCATUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MYCOSPHAERELLA RABIEI; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PICHIA; PIERIS RAPAE; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 51749086433     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern197     Document Type: Article

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