De-Novo Design of Antimicrobial Peptides for Plant Protection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zeitler, Benjamin ^a   Herrera Diaz, Areli ^a   Dangel, Alexandra ^a   Thellmann, Martha ^a   Meyer, Helge ^a,b   Sattler, Michael ^a,b   Lindermayr, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; XANTHOMONAS VESICATORIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ARABIDOPSIS; DRUG DESIGN; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84881490416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071687     Document Type: Article

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