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Chapter and Conference Paper
QTL Map** of Gray Leaf Spot Resistance in Ryegrass, and Synteny-based Comparison with Rice Blast Resistance Genes in Rice
Gray leaf spot (GLS) is a serious fungal disease recently reported on the important turfgrass and forage species, perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) caused by Magnaporthe grisea, which also causes rice blast and...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Generation of Pre-Neocarzinostatin and Its Antagonistic Effect on Neocarzinostatin-Induced DNA Strand Scission
Pretreatment of the antitumor protein neocarzinostatin (NCS) with heat, UV or room light, and sulfhydryl reagents inactivates the drug, as measured by the cessation of phage T2 DNA strand scission in vitro. Th...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Structural Requirements for Membrane Modifying Activity in Alamethicin-Type Antibiotics
In order to elucidate the relations between structure and membrane modifying properties of alamethicin-type antibiotics investigations with natural, modified natural and synthetic analogues have been carried o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Model for the Activation and Inactivation of Neocarzinostatin, an Antitumor Protein
Neocarzinostatin (NCS), an antibiotic protein exhibits therapeutic activity against a variety of tumors, most notably acute leukemia in man. The protein has a MW of 10,700 and the known amino acid sequence inc...