The rust transferred proteins-a new family of effector proteins exhibiting protease inhibitor function

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-107

  Pretsch, Klara ^a   Kemen, Ariane ^a,c   Kemen, Eric ^a,c   Geiger, Matthias ^a,d   Mendgen, Kurt ^a   Voegele, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; DISULFIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXON; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DISULFIDES; EXONS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOLYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

FUNGI; PICHIA PASTORIS; UREDINALES; UROMYCES VICIAE-FABAE;

EID: 84870527899     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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