Extensive structural variation in the Bowman-Birk inhibitor family in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Abstract Background Bowman-Birk inhibitors (BBI) are a family of serine-type protease inhibitors that modulate endogenous plant proteolytic activities during different phases of development. They also inhibit exogenous proteases as a component of plant defense mechanisms, and their overexpression ca...

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Main Authors: Yucong Xie, Karl Ravet, Stephen Pearce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07475-8