Overview on plant antimicrobial peptides

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Benko Iseppon, Ana Maria ^a   Galdino, Suely Lins ^a   Calsa Jr , Tercilio ^a   Kido, Ederson Akio ^a   Tossi, Alessandro ^b   Belarmino, Luis Carlos ^a   Crovella, Sergio ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclotide; Defensin; Hevein like protein; Knotin type protein; Lipid transfer protein (LTP); Pathogenesis related (PR) protein; Snakin; Thionin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THIONINE; BETA THIONINE; CYCLOTIDE; DEFENSIN; HEVEIN LIKE PROTEIN; KNOTIN; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PUROINDOLINE; SNAKIN; THIONIN PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; LIPID METABOLISM; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77952591983     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920310791112075     Document Type: Article

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