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SUBMITTER: Citores L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6638414 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Citores Lucía L Iglesias Rosario R Gay Carolina C Ferreras José Miguel JM
Molecular plant pathology 20150618 2
The ribosome-inactivating protein BE27 from sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) leaves is an apoplastic protein induced by signalling compounds, such as hydrogen peroxide and salicylic acid, which has been reported to be involved in defence against viruses. Here, we report that, at a concentration much lower than that present in the apoplast, BE27 displays antifungal activity against the green mould Penicillium digitatum, a necrotrophic fungus that colonizes wounds and grows in the inter- and intracel ...[more]