Different functions and expression profiles of curcin and curcin-L in Jatropha curcas L.

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 65 C, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 355-362

  Qin, Xiaobo ^a   Shao, Caixia ^a   Hou, Pei ^a   Gao, Jihai ^a   Lei, Ningfei ^b   Jiang, Luding ^a   Ye, Shengliang ^a   Gou, Chunbao ^a   Luo, Shaoyin ^a   Zheng, Xiaojiang ^a   Gu, Xiaoping ^a   Zhu, Xihong ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Chen, Fang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Jatropha curcas L.; Ribosome inactivating protein

Indexed keywords

JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 77954997841     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2010-5-607     Document Type: Article

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