A unique latex protein, MLX56, defends mulberry trees from insects

Phytochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 880-888

  Wasano, Naoya ^a   Konno, Kotaro ^a   Nakamura, Masatoshi ^a   Hirayama, Chikara ^a   Hattori, Makoto ^a   Tateishi, Ken ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Chitin binding protein; Hevein and extensin domains; MLX56; Moraceae; Morus alba; Mulatexin; Mulberry; Plant defense protein; Plant latex; Plant insect interaction

Indexed keywords

LATEX; MLX56 PROTEIN, MULBERRY; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULBERRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; LATEX; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORUS; PLANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; MORACEAE; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS ALBA; MORUS(ANGIOSPERM); SAMIA RICINI;

EID: 67249122324     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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