July
1999
, Volume
12
, Number
7
Pages
624
-
627
Authors
Mónica
Pernas
,
Emilia
López-Solanilla
,
Rosa
Sánchez-Monge
,
Gabriel
Salcedo
,
and
Pablo
Rodríguez-Palenzuela
Affiliations
Department of Biotechnology, E.T.S. Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Accepted 23 March 1999.
Abstract
Purified chestnut cystatin inhibited the growth of the phytopathogenic fungi Botrytis cinerea, Colletotrichum graminicola, and Septoria nodorum, but not that of the saprophyte Trichoderma viride. Furthermore, the cystatin strongly affected the protease activity of B. cinerea but had no effect on the protease activity of T. viride. These results suggest that chestnut cystatin contributes to plant defense against phytopathogenic fungi.
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