Structural characterization of plant defensin protein superfamily

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4461-4469

  Gachomo, Emma W ^a   Jimenez Lopez, Jose C ^b   Kayodé, Adéchola Pierre Polycarpe ^c   Baba Moussa, Lamine ^c   Kotchoni, Simeon O ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Defensins; Innate immune system; Plants; Protein modeling

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HEXAPODA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84862999974     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1235-y     Document Type: Article

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