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Gene isolation and structural characterization of a legume tree defensin with a broad spectrum of an...

Gene isolation and structural characterization of a legume tree defensin with a broad spectrum of an...

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Gene isolation and structural characterization of a legume tree defensin with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity

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Gene isolation and structural characterization of a legume tree defensin with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Science + Business Media

Journal title

Planta, 2019-11, Vol.250 (5), p.1757-1772

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Science + Business Media

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Contents

Plant defensins comprise a large family of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) with a wide range of biological functions. They are cysteine-rich molecules, highly sequence diverse but with a conserved and stable structure. In this work, a defensin gene (EcgDf1) was isolated from Erythrina crista-galli, a legume tree native from South America. The predicte...

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Gene isolation and structural characterization of a legume tree defensin with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2305478851

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2305478851

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ISSN

0032-0935

E-ISSN

1432-2048

DOI

10.1007/s00425-019-03260-w

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