Cerato-platanins: Elicitors and effectors

Plant Science

Volumn 228, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-87

  Pazzagli, Luigia ^a   Seidl Seiboth, Verena ^b   Barsottini, Mario ^c   Vargas, Walter A ^d   Scala, Aniello ^e   Mukherjee, Prasun K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerato platanin; Chitin binding; Effector; Elicitor; Fungi; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CERATO-PLATANIN PROTEIN, CERATOCYSTIS FIMBRIATA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84908154279     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.02.009     Document Type: Review

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