Lipopolysaccharide-binding proteins and their involvement in the bacterial clearance from the hemolymph of the silkworm Bombyx mori

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 217-224

  Koizumi, Nobuo ^a   Morozumi, Asuka ^a   Imamura, Morikazu ^a   Tanaka, Emi ^a   Iwahana, Hidenori ^a   Sato, Ryoichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunity; Insect; Lipopolysaccharide; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA MINNESOTA; SILKWORM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR MINNESOTA;

EID: 0030835326     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00217.x     Document Type: Article

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