Protein purification and nucleotide sequence of a lysozyme from the bacteria-induced larvae of the Fall Webworm, Hyphantria cunea

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-345

  Park, Ho Yong ^a   Park, Soon Sik ^a,b   Shin, Sang Woon ^a   Park, Doo Sang ^a   Kim, Mi Gwang ^a   Oh, Hyun Woo ^a   Joo, Chang Kyeong ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fall webworm; Hyphantria cunea; Immunity; Lysozyme; Nucleotide sequence; Protein sequence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; MURAMIDASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030631707     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(199705)35:3<335::AID-ARCH7>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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