cDNA cloning of Clavanins: Antimicrobial peptides of tunicate hemocytes

FEBS Letters

Volumn 410, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 490-492

  Zhao, Chengquan ^a   Liaw, Lilian ^a   Hee Lee, In ^a   Lehrer, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; cDNA; Clavanin; Styela clava; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; DNA LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HEMOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UROCHORDATA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CLAVA; STYELA CLAVA;

EID: 0030739528     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00646-7     Document Type: Article

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