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List of works by Fung Lay

A pollen-specific RALF from tomato that regulates pollen tube elongation

scientific article published on 13 April 2010

Binding of phosphatidic acid by NsD7 mediates the formation of helical defensin-lipid oligomeric assemblies and membrane permeabilization

scientific article published on 19 September 2016

Convergent evolution of defensin sequence, structure and function

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the plant defensin NaD1.

scientific article published on 24 December 2011

Defensins--components of the innate immune system in plants

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Dimerization of Plant Defensin NaD1 Enhances Its Antifungal Activity

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Human β-defensin 2 kills through phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-mediated membrane permeabilization

scientific article published on 25 July 2018

Human β-defensin 3 contains an oncolytic motif that binds PI(4,5)P2 to mediate tumour cell permeabilisation.

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Importance of phosphoinositide binding by human β-defensin 3 for Akt-dependent cytokine induction

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

Isolation and properties of floral defensins from ornamental tobacco and petunia

scientific article published in March 2003

Novel insights on the mechanism of action of alpha-amylase inhibitors from the plant defensin family

scientific article published in November 2008

Phosphoinositide-mediated oligomerization of a defensin induces cell lysis

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Phosphoinositides: multipurpose cellular lipids with emerging roles in cell death

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

Plexin B2 Is a Regulator of Monocyte Apoptotic Cell Disassembly

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Recombinant expression and purification of the tomato defensin TPP3 and its preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

Salt-Tolerant Antifungal and Antibacterial Activities of the Corn Defensin ZmD32

scientific article published on 12 April 2019

Structural and functional characterization of the membrane-permeabilizing activity of Nicotiana occidentalis defensin NoD173 and protein engineering to enhance oncolysis

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Structure of Petunia hybrida defensin 1, a novel plant defensin with five disulfide bonds

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Structure of the defensin NsD7 in complex with PIP2 reveals that defensin : lipid oligomer topologies are dependent on lipid type

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

The C-terminal propeptide of a plant defensin confers cytoprotective and subcellular targeting functions

scientific article published on 05 February 2014

The Defensins Consist of Two Independent, Convergent Protein Superfamilies

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

The Tomato Defensin TPP3 Binds Phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-Bisphosphate via a Conserved Dimeric Cationic Grip Conformation To Mediate Cell Lysis.

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

The plant defensin, NaD1, enters the cytoplasm of Fusarium oxysporum hyphae

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The three-dimensional solution structure of NaD1, a new floral defensin from Nicotiana alata and its application to a homology model of the crop defense protein alfAFP

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Tumor cell membrane-targeting cationic antimicrobial peptides: novel insights into mechanisms of action and therapeutic prospects

scientific article published on 2 August 2017

X-ray structure of a carpet-like antimicrobial defensin-phospholipid membrane disruption complex.

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