Trichoplusia ni attacin A, a differentially displayed insect gene coding for an antibacterial protein

Gene

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-249

  Kang, Daiwu ^a   Lundström, Annika ^a   Steiner, Håkan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defense; Expression; Homology; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ATTACIN; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; INSECT; INTRON; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CECROPIA; HYALOPHORA CECROPIA; INSECTA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0029797134     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00089-3     Document Type: Article

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