Anionic Antimicrobial and Anticancer Peptides from Plants

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 303-320

  Prabhu, Saurabh ^a   Dennison, Sarah R ^a   Lea, Bob ^a   Snape, Timothy J ^a   Nicholl, Iain D ^b   Radecka, Iza ^b   Harris, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

helical conformations; anionic anticancer peptides; anionic antimicrobial peptides; Capsicum annuum; Cn AMP2; Cocos nucifera; Cr ACP1; Cucurbitaceae; Cyas revolute; cyclotides; cysteine motifs; defensins; extended conformations; Fabaceae and Apocynaceae; Hevea brasiliensis; heveins; Macadamia integrifolia; Nicotiania tabacum; PR proteins; Rubiaceae; Solanum melongena; Theobroma caca; thionins; vicilins; Violaceae; Vitis spp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877258973     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2013.773238     Document Type: Article

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