Structural aspects of plant antimicrobial peptides

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-219

  Padovan, Lara ^a   Scocchi, Marco ^a   Tossi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Cyclotides; Defensins; Lipid transfer proteins; Plant; Snakins; Thionins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CYCLOTIDE; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SNAKIN 1; SNAKIN 2; THIONIN PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952632254     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920310791112093     Document Type: Article

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