Identification and Characterization of the Defensin-Like Gene Family of Grapevine
Defensins are a class of small and diverse cysteine-rich proteins found in plants, insects, and vertebrates, which share a common tertiary structure and usually exert broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities. We used a bioinformatic approach to scan the Vitis vinifera genome and identified 79 defensi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The American Phytopathological Society
2012-08-01
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| Series: | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions |
| Online Access: | https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-12-11-0323 |