title: Overview on plant antimicrobial peptides.
abstract: Mechanisms related to biotic interactions, such as pathogen attack, herbivory and symbiosis are important challenges to higher plants and have been widely studied especially for breeding purposes. The present review focuses on a special category of defense molecules, the plant antimicrobial peptides, providing an overview of their main molecular features and structures.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Pernambuco, Center of Biological Sciences, Genetics Dept., Recife, PE, Brazil. ana.benko.iseppon@pq.cnpq.br
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Benko-Iseppon
authors.forename: Suely Lins
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Galdino
authors.forename: Tercilio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Calsa
authors.forename: Ederson Akio
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tossi
authors.forename: Luis Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Belarmino
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crovella
mesh_terms: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D010940:Plant Proteins