Sesquin, a potent defensin-like antimicrobial peptide from ground beans with inhibitory activities toward tumor cells and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase - Wong, Jack Ho; Ng, Tzi Bun (Peptides (New York, N.Y. : 1980), 2005)
Keywords: Animals; Antifungal Agents - isolation & purification; Antifungal Agents - pharmacology; Antifungal peptides; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - isolation & purification; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - pharmacology; Bacillus megaterium; Bean; Biological and medical sciences; Botrytis cinerea; Defensins - isolation & purification; Defensins - pharmacology; Escherichia coli; Fabaceae - chemistry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fusarium oxysporum; HIV Reverse Transcriptase - antagonists & inhibitors; Human immunodeficiency virus 1; Humans; Isolation; Mice; Mycobacterium phlei; Mycosphaerella arachidicola; Proteus vulgaris; Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors - isolation & purification; Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors - pharmacology; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Vigna; Vigna sesquipedalis; Isolation; Vigna sesquipedalis; Antifungal peptides; Bean; RNA-directed DNA polymerase; Peptides; Enzyme; Transferases; Retroviridae; Vigna; Lentivirus; Virus; Nucleotidyltransferases; Leguminosae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Human immunodeficiency virus; Antibacterial agent; Defensin; Tumor cell