Plant Defense and Antimicrobial Peptides

Title: Plant Defense and Antimicrobial Peptides

Volume: 12 Issue: 1

Author(s): Mariana S. Castro and Wagner Fontes

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Keywords: plant defense, antimicrobial peptides, thionins, defensins, lipid transfer proteins

Abstract: Plants are constantly exposed to a large array of pathogenic organisms and the survival in these conditions demands quick defense responses which include the synthesis of defense peptides and proteins with antimicrobial properties. The main groups of antimicrobial peptides found in plants are thionins, defensins and lipid transfer proteins. They constitute interesting candidates to engineer disease resistance in plants.

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Castro S. Mariana and Fontes Wagner, Plant Defense and Antimicrobial Peptides, Protein & Peptide Letters 2005; 12 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866053405832