Rice seeds as biofactories of the production of antimicrobial peptides 

Montesinos Barreda, Laura (Date of defense: 2014-05-16)

A series of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from the BP134 peptide (a member of the CECMEL11 library) exhibited potent bactericidal effect and low cytotoxicity, and were selected for expression in transgenic rice. ...