Query (optional)   in Class  All Allele Author Colleague Collection Assembly Gene Gene Class Gene Product Germplasm Image Journal Keyword Library Locus Map Map Data Marker Pathology Polymorphism Probe Protein QTL Rearrangement Reference Sequence Species Trait Trait Study Two Point Data  

---

GrainGenes Reference Report: EMB-7-1559

[Submit comment/correction]

Reference	EMB-7-1559
Title	Leaf-specific thionins of barley a novel class of cell wall proteins toxic to plant-pathogenic fungi and possibly involved in the defense mechanism of plants.
Journal	The EMBO Journal
Year	1988
Volume	7
Pages	1559-1566
Author	Bohlmann H [ Show all 9 ]
Abstract	A novel class of highly abundant polypeptides with anti-fungal 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.
Keyword	dicot genetics Monocot

GrainGenes is a product of the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture.