The Secreted Antifungal Protein Thionin 2.4 in Arabidopsis thaliana Suppresses the Toxicity of a Fungal Fruit Body Lectin from Fusarium graminearum

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Asano, Tomoya ^a   Miwa, Akihiro ^a   Maeda, Kazuyuki ^b   Kimura, Makoto ^b   Nishiuchi, Takumi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; LECTIN; THIONIN 2.1; THIONIN 2.2; THIONIN 2.3; THIONIN 2.4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT LEAF; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLOWER; FRUITING BODY; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; FLOWERS; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LECTINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84883394078     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003581     Document Type: Article

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