Hemagglutinating properties of apolipophorin III from the hemolymph of Galleria mellonella larvae

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 119-125

  Iimura, Yuko ^a,b   Ishikawa, Hajime ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a   Sehnal, František ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

apoLp III; Hemagglutination; Insect immunity; Lipopolysaccharides; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPHORIN III; APOLIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEMOLYMPH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HEMOLYMPH; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LARVA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP;

EID: 0031610767     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1998)38:3<119::aid-arch2>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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