Plant defensins are a prominent family of cationic peptides in the plant kingdom. They are
structurally and functionally related to defensins that have been previously characterized in …

Plant defensins are cationic peptides that are ubiquitous within the plant kingdom and
belong to a large superfamily of antimicrobial peptides found in several organisms …

Plant defensins are small basic peptides that are inhibitory against a range of plant and
human pathogens. Their in vitro antimicrobial activity and structural similarity with human …

Plant defensins are small, basic peptides that have a characteristic three-dimensional
folding pattern that is stabilized by eight disulfide-linked cysteines. They are termed plant …

Plant defensins are small (ca 5 kDa), basic, cysteine-rich proteins with antimicrobial
activities. They are ubiquitous in plants and form part of the innate immunity arsenal. Plant …

Plant defensins are small, highly stable, cysteine-rich peptides that constitute a part of the
innate immune system primarily directed against fungal pathogens. Biological activities …

Plant defensins are an extensive family of small cysteine rich proteins characterised by a
conserved cysteine stabilised alpha beta protein fold which resembles the structure of insect …

Plant defensins represent a large class of structurally similar peptides found throughout the
plant kingdom. Despite a conserved cysteine spacing pattern and three-dimensional …

Higher vertebrates can rely both on an innate as well as an adaptive immune system for
defense against invading pathogens. In contrast, plants can only employ an innate immune …

Plant defensins are a family of cysteine-rich peptides, many members of which have been
shown to exhibit antimicrobial activity. Sequence analysis of randomly expressed sequence …