Novel antibacterial peptides isolated from a European bumblebee, Bombus pascuorum (Hymenoptera, apoidea)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-422

  Rees, Jane A ^a   Moniatte, Marc ^b   Bulet, Philippe ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Apidaecin Abaecin; Bombus; Hymenoptaecin; Insect defensin; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN; DEFENSINS; HYMENOPTAECIN; PEPTIDE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ABAECIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APIDAECIN; ARTICLE; BEE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYMENOPTERA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BEES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEFENSINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECT PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031149265     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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