Gloverin, an antibacterial protein from the immune hemolymph of Hyalophora pupae

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 614-619

  Axén, Andreas ^b   Carlsson, Anette ^a   Engström, Åke ^a,b   Bennich, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Antibacterial; Bacterial outer membrane; Inducible protein; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYMPH; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYALOPHORA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0030752238     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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