Rupert W. Osborn

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities(15), Biochemical and Structural Characterization(14), Transgenic Plants and Applications(9), Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins(6), Plant tissue culture and regeneration(3)

Publications25 total

Gene‐Encoded Antimicrobial Peptides from Plants
Novartis Foundation symposium·2007· 43 cited
Specific Binding Sites for an Antifungal Plant Defensin from Dahlia (<i>Dahlia merckii</i>) on Fungal Cells Are Required for Antifungal Activity
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions·2000· 117 citedOpen Access
Antifungal Proteins
1999· 6 cited
Structural Studies of <i>Impatiens balsamina</i> Antimicrobial Protein (Ib-AMP1)
Biochemistry·1998· 53 cited
Specific, High Affinity Binding Sites for an Antifungal Plant Defensin on Neurospora crassa Hyphae and Microsomal Membranes
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1997· 94 citedOpen Access
A Novel Family of Small Cysteine-rich Antimicrobial Peptides from Seed of Impatiens balsaminaIs Derived from a Single Precursor Protein
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1997· 193 citedOpen Access
Antimicrobial Peptides from Plants
Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences·1997· 76 cited
Antimicrobial Peptides from Plants
Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences·1997· 641 cited
Mutational Analysis of a Plant Defensin from Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) Reveals Two Adjacent Sites Important for Antifungal Activity
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1997· 168 citedOpen Access
Antimicrobial peptides fromMirabilis jalapa andAmaranthus caudatus: expression, processing, localization and biological activity in transgenic tobacco
Plant Molecular Biology·1996· 129 cited
Fungal Membrane Responses Induced by Plant Defensins and Thionins
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1996· 310 citedOpen Access
PIXE analysis of fusarium culmorum fungus treated with chemical agents
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms·1996· 3 cited
A Potent Antimicrobial Protein from Onion Seeds Showing Sequence Homology to Plant Lipid Transfer Proteins
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·1995· 343 citedOpen Access
Plant Defensins: Novel Antimicrobial Peptides as Components of the Host Defense System
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·1995· 771 citedOpen Access
Isolation and characterisation of plant defensins from seeds of Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Hippocastanaceae and Saxifragaceae
FEBS Letters·1995· 387 citedOpen Access
Cloning and characterization of two cDNA clones encoding seed-specific antimicrobial peptides from Mirabilis jalapa L.
Plant Molecular Biology·1995· 34 cited
Small cysteine-rich antifungal proteins from radish: their role in host defense.
The Plant Cell·1995· 662 citedOpen Access
Small Cysteine-Rich Antifungal Proteins from Radish: Their Role in Host Defense
The Plant Cell·1995· 141 cited
Synergistic Enhancement of the Antifungal Activity of Wheat and Barley Thionins by Radish and Oilseed Rape 2S Albumins and by Barley Trypsin Inhibitors
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·1993· 217 citedOpen Access
A new family of basic cysteine‐rich plant antifungal proteins from Brassicaceae species
FEBS Letters·1993· 254 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Willem F. Broekaert(12), Karin Thevissen(10), Sarah B. Rees(6), Bruno P.A. Cammue(6), W. F. Broekaert(5), Franky R. G. Terras(5), Sophie Torrekens(5), Miguel F. C. De Bolle(5), Genoveva W. De Samblanx(5), David P. Acland(5), Kristel Eggermont(4), Inge J.W.M. Goderis(4), Fred Van Leuven(4), BPA. Cammue(3), Jozef Vanderleyden(3), FRG. Terras(2), Valentina Kovaleva(2), Natasha V. Raikhel(2), Sheila Attenborough(2), Sunil Patel(2)