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An abundant 39 kDa protein was detected in the apoplast of leaves 12 days after infection of Brassica napus L. (canola) by the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans (Desm.) Ces. & de Not. This protein was also present 24 h after leaves were sprayed with 5 mM cupric chloride, indicating that it is produced by B. napus in response to stress. Tryptic peptides cleaved from this protein had almost identical amino acid sequence to part of a 1,3-β-glucanase from B. rapa.
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Brownfield, L., Howlett, B.J. An abundant 39 kDa protein from Brassica napus (canola) is present in the apoplast of leaves infected by the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans. Australasian Plant Pathology 30, 7–9 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1071/AP00057
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