Plant cyclotides: An unusual protein family with multiple functions

Plant Defence: Biological Control

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 333-344

  Pinto, Michelle F S ^a   Fensterseifer, Isabel C M ^a   Franco, Octavio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Cyclotides; Defense peptides; Structural characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979271458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1933-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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