The antifungal plant defensin RsAFP2 from radish induces apoptosis in a metacaspase independent way in Candida albicans
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.07.004