Antifungal plant defensins: Mechanisms of action and production

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 12280-12303

  Vriens, Kim ^a   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a,b   Thevissen, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Chemical protein synthesis; Heterologous protein expression; Mechanism of action; MsDef1; MtDef4; NaD1; Plant defensin; Psd1; RsAFP2

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ASCOMYCOTA; DEFENSINS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS;

EID: 84906674840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules190812280     Document Type: Review

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