Cystatins, serpins and other families of protease inhibitors in plants

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 386-398

  Volpicella, Mariateresa ^a   Leoni, Claudia ^a   Costanza, Alessandra ^a   de Leo, Francesca ^b   Gallerani, Raffaele ^a   Ceci, Luigi R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insect protease; Plant; Plant defence; Protease inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE INHIBITOR; APROTININ; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; BOWMAN BIRK INHIBITOR; CYSTATIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; METALLO CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SQUASH; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ASPARTIC ACID PROTEASES; CYSTATINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SERPINS; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

HEXAPODA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79960305552     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: 18755550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920311796391098     Document Type: Article

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