Solution structure of drosomycin, the first inducible antifungal protein from insects

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1878-1884

  Landon, Céline ^d   Sodano, Patrick ^d   Hetru, Charles ^b   Hoffmann, Jules ^b   Ptak, Marius ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; CS alpha beta motif; Drosomycin; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

DROSOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0030750976     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060908     Document Type: Article

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