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SUBMITTER: Mukherjee PK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3039350 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mukherjee Prasun K PK Wiest Aric A Ruiz Nicolas N Keightley Andrew A Moran-Diez Maria E ME McCluskey Kevin K Pouchus Yves François YF Kenerley Charles M CM
The Journal of biological chemistry 20101201 6
Peptaibols are a group of small peptides having a high α-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) content and produced by filamentous fungi, especially by the members of the genus Trichoderma (anamorph Hypocrea). These antibiotics are economically important for their anti-microbial and anti-cancer properties as well as ability to induce systemic resistance in plants against microbial invasion. In this study we present sequences of two classes (11-residue and 14-residue) of peptaibols produced by the biocontro ...[more]