Open AccessAntifungal Properties of Haem Peroxidase from Acorus calamus
Author(s) -
Malay Ghosh
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcl205
Subject(s) - biology , hypha , peroxidase , xylem , biochemistry , enzyme , acorus calamus , macrophomina phaseolina , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogenesis related protein , botany , chitinase , chitin , rhizome , gene expression , gene , chitosan
Plants have evolved a number of inducible defence mechanisms against pathogen attack, including synthesis of pathogenesis-related proteins. The aim of the study was to purify and characterize antifungal protein from leaves of Acorus calamus.
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