The C-terminal propeptide of a plant defensin confers cytoprotective and subcellular targeting functions

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lay, Fung T ^a   Poon, Simon ^a,b   McKenna, James A ^a,b   Connelly, Angela A ^b   Barbeta, Barbara L ^a   McGinness, Bruce S ^b   Fox, Jennifer L ^a,b   Daly, Norelle L ^c   Craik, David J ^c   Heath, Robyn L ^b   Anderson, Marilyn A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Phytotoxicity; Plant defensin; Transgenic cotton; Vacuolar targeting

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ALATA;

DEFENSIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DEFENSINS; FLOWERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

EID: 84893183628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-41     Document Type: Article

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