Cloning and expression of pathogenesis-related protein 4 from jelly fig (Ficus awkeotsang Makino) achenes associated with ribonuclease, chitinase and anti-fungal activities

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Lu, Hsi Chi ^a   Lin, Jia Hui ^b   Chua, Anna C N ^c   Chung, Tse Yu ^c   Tsai, I Chun ^b   Tzen, Jason T C ^c   Chou, Wing Ming ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Achene; Anti fungal; Ficus awkeotsang; Pathogenesis related protein 4; Pericarp; Ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITIN; CHITINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PATHOGENESIS RELATED PROTEINS, PLANT; PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS, PLANT; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FICUS; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA; PLANT SEED;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FICUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICHIA; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA; SEEDS;

ATHELIA ROLFSII; FICUS AWKEOTSANG; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 84860864124     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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