Plant polypeptides with inhibitory activity towards pathogenic microorganisms.

摘要

Certain polypeptides derived from plants, Bandeiraea simplicifolia lectin II and chymopapain, have been found to have potent antimicrobial properties. Plant resistance to diseases caused by plant pathogens which are susceptible to these proteins can be produced by inserting into the cells of a plant a gene whose expression causes production a selected protein in antimicrobial amounts.