A Plant-Defensin from Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.)

Title: A Plant-Defensin from Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.)

Volume: 16 Issue: 4

Author(s): Lara Padovan, Ludovica Segat, Alessandro Tossi, Nikolinka Antcheva, Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon, Akio Kido Ederson, Lucas Brandao, Tercilio Calsa Jr. and Sergio Crovella

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Keywords: Antimicrobial peptides, plant defensin, Poaceae, polymerase chain reaction, protein function, Saccharum spp.

Abstract: Comparing available Poaceae defensins with sugarcane ESTs, a putative defensin gene was identified in sugarcane and cloned from genomic sugarcane DNA. The deduced encoded peptide shows the structure and amino acid composition typical of other plant defensins. Using RTPCR, defensin expression in sugarcane and differences between “normal” and infected sugarcane were evidenced.

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Padovan Lara, Segat Ludovica, Tossi Alessandro, Antcheva Nikolinka, Benko-Iseppon Maria Ana, Ederson Kido Akio, Brandao Lucas, Calsa Jr. Tercilio and Crovella Sergio, A Plant-Defensin from Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.), Protein & Peptide Letters 2009; 16 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986609787848027