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Live-cell Imaging of Fungal Cells to Investigate Modes of Entry and Subcellular Localization of Antifungal Plant Defensins
Published on: December 24, 2017
Plant Defensins from a Structural Perspective
Valentina Kovaleva1, Irina Bukhteeva2, Oleg Y Kit3
1Laboratory of Molecular Genetic Markers in Plants, Ukrainian National Forestry University, 79057 Lviv, Ukraine.
Abstract:
Plant defensins form a family of proteins with a broad spectrum of protective activities against fungi, bacteria, and insects. Furthermore, some plant defensins have revealed anticancer activity. In general, plant defensins are non-toxic to plant and mammalian cells, and interest in using them for biotechnological and medicinal purposes is growing. Recent studies provided significant insights into the mechanisms of action of plant defensins. In this review, we focus on structural and dynamics aspects and discuss structure-dynamics-function relations of plant defensins.
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