Inducible immune factors of the vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae: Biochemical purification of a defensin antibacterial peptide and molecular cloning of preprodefensin cDNA

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-210

  Richman, Adam M ^a   Bulet, P ^b   Hetru, C ^b   Barillas Mury, C ^a   Hoffmann, J A ^b   Kafatos, F C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Insect defensin; Malaria; Vector immunity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFENSINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030210223     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1996.tb00055.x     Document Type: Article

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