An Antimicrobial Peptide from the Australian Native Provides the First Functionally Characterised Member of a Subfamily of Plant Defensins

An antimicrobial peptide ( Hv AMP1) was isolated from seeds of the Australian native legume Hardenbergia violacea (Schneev.) Stearn. The peptide is 47 amino acid residues in length, contains 8 cysteines, and has a molecular weight of 5392 and a predicted pI of 10.41. Hv AMP1 inhibited the growth of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Functional plant biology : FPB 1997, Vol.24 (5), p.571-578
Hauptverfasser:	Stuart J. Harrison, John P. Marcus, Kenneth C. Goulter, Jodie L. Green, Donald J. Maclean
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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