Lumbricin I, a novel proline-rich antimicrobial peptide from the earthworm: Purification, cDNA cloning and molecular characterization

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1408, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Cho, Ju Hyun ^a   Park, Chan Bae ^a   Yoon, Young Geol ^a   Kim, Sun Chang ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; cDNA cloning; Earthworm; Lumbricus rubellus; Proline rich peptide

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LUMBRICIN 1; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LEECHES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOCHAETA; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0031762466     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4439(98)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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