Pokeweed antiviral protein: Its cytotoxicity mechanism and applications in plant disease resistance

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 755-772

  Di, Rong ^a   Tumer, Nilgun E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Broad spectrum disease resistance; Pokeweed antiviral protein; Ribosomal protein; Ribosome inactivating protein; rRNA depurination

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALPHA SARCIN; DNA; GLYCOPEPTIDASE; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; POKEWEED ANTIVIRUS PROTEIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RICIN; RNA; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; POKEWEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTEXVIRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION; VIRAL PLANT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY;

PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84928162681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7030755     Document Type: Review

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