The proteins of plant defensin family and their application veyond plant disease control

Recent Patents on DNA and Gene Sequences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 214-218

  Yang, Ying Fang ^a,b   Lyu, Ping Chiang ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biocide; Cation peptide; CS motif; Cysteine stabilized scaffold; Defensin; Drug development; Peptide drug; Pesticide; Plant disease control; Scorpion venom; Sweetener; Thionine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BRAZZEIN; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; PESTICIDE; SCORPION VENOM; SESQUIN; SWEETENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG INDICATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

HEXAPODA; SCORPIONES;

DEFENSINS; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 67650073705     PISSN: 18722156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187221508786241684     Document Type: Review

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