Hevein: an antifungal protein from rubbe
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Jan Parijs; Willem F. Broekaert; Irwin J. Goldstein; Willy J. Peumans
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Article
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1991
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Several chitin-binding proteins were isolated from the "bottom fraction" of Hevea brasiliensis (M/ill.) Arg. latex. One of these chitin-binding proteins is hevein, a small monomeric protein which strongly resembles the lectin from stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.). Like the latter, hevein showed st