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Root border-like cells secrete antifungal defensin peptides

The South African endemic Brassicaceae species Heliophila coronopifolia (a semi-desert flower) produces root border-like cells (BLCs), the latter originally described in Arabidopsis thaliana. Four defensin peptides (Hc-AFP1-4) have been characterised from H. coronopifolia and found to be strongly antifungal. Characterization of root border-like cells (BLCs) of Heliophila coronopifolia using the…