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Bohlmann H, Clausen S, Behnke S, et al. Leaf-specific thionins of barley-a novel class of cell wall proteins toxic to plant-pathogenic fungi and possibly involved in the defence mechanism of plants. EMBO J. 1988;7(6):1559-65
Bohlmann, H., Clausen, S., Behnke, S., Giese, H., Hiller, C., Reimann-Philipp, U., Schrader, G., Barkholt, V., & Apel, K. (1988). Leaf-specific thionins of barley-a novel class of cell wall proteins toxic to plant-pathogenic fungi and possibly involved in the defence mechanism of plants. The EMBO journal, 7(6), 1559-65.
Bohlmann, H, et al. "Leaf-specific thionins of barley-a novel class of cell wall proteins toxic to plant-pathogenic fungi and possibly involved in the defence mechanism of plants." The EMBO journal vol. 7,6 (1988): 1559-65.
Bohlmann H, Clausen S, Behnke S, Giese H, Hiller C, Reimann-Philipp U, Schrader G, Barkholt V, Apel K. Leaf-specific thionins of barley-a novel class of cell wall proteins toxic to plant-pathogenic fungi and possibly involved in the defence mechanism of plants. EMBO J. 1988 Jun;7(6):1559-65. PMID: 16453847; PMCID: PMC457137.
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EMBO J. 1988 Jun;7(6):1559-65.

Leaf-specific thionins of barley-a novel class of cell wall proteins toxic to plant-pathogenic fungi and possibly involved in the defence mechanism of plants.

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H Bohlmann, S Clausen, S Behnke, H Giese, C Hiller, U Reimann-Philipp, G Schrader, V Barkholt, K Apel

Affiliations

  1. Botanisches Institut der Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, 2300 Kiel, FRG.

PMID: 16453847 PMCID: PMC457137

Abstract

A novel class of highly abundant polypeptides with antifungal activity has been detected in cell walls of barley leaves. Similar polypeptides known as thionins occur not only in monocotyledonous but also in various dictoyledonous plants. The leaf-specific thionins of barley are encoded by a complex multigene family, which consists of at least 50-100 members per haploid genome. All of these genes are confined to chromosome 6. The toxicity of these thionins for plant pathogenic fungi and the fact that their synthesis can also be triggered by pathogens strongly suggest that thionins are a naturally occurring, inducible plant protein possibly involved in the mechanism of plant defence against microbial infections.

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