CDNA cloning, tissue distribution, and subcellular localization of horseshoe crab big defensin

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 289-292

  Kawabata, Shun Ichiro ^a,b   Saito, Tetsu ^b   Saeki, Kazuko ^a   Okino, Nozomu ^a   Mizutani, Akiko ^a   Toh, Yoshihiro ^a   Iwanaga, Sadaaki ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Defensin; Horseshoe crab; Host defense; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA LIBRARY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMULUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 0030957698     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.3-4.289     Document Type: Article

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