Protein purification and cDNA cloning of a cecropin-like peptide from the larvae of fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 8-9, 1997, Pages 711-720

  Sik Park, Soon ^a   Woon Shin, Sang ^a   Park, Doo Sang ^a   Woo Oh, Hyun ^a   Saeng Boo, Kyung ^b   Park, Ho Yong ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fall webworm; Hyphantria cecropin; Insect immunity; Nucleotide sequence; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIN A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPHANTRIA CUNEA; INSECT; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PH; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HYPHANTRIA CECROPIN; HYPHANTRIA CUNEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0031200945     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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