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Structural basis of the antifungal activity of wheat PR4 proteins.
FEBS letters - 3 Sept 2009
Bertini Laura, Caporale Carlo, Testa Marco, Proietti Silvia, Caruso Carla
Abstract excerpt
PR4 proteins possess antifungal activity against several pathogenic fungi suggesting a pivotal role in defence reactions against plant pathogen attack. We already showed that wheatwin1, a wheat PR protein of class 4, is endowed with ribonuclease activity. In this study we produced three mutants a...
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