Abstract: | Protease inhibitors of protein nature have been isolated from dormant cotton seeds. The participation of protease inhibitors in the mechanism of protecting the plant from wilt damage is discussed.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 89 14 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 445–448, May–June, 1995. Original article submitted June 27, 1994. |