Isolation, cDNA cloning and gene expression of an antibacterial protein from larvae of the coconut rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 734-738

  Yang, Jun ^a   Yamamoto, Masanori ^a,b   Ishibashi, Jun ^a   Taniai, Kiyoko ^a   Yamakawa, Minoru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TEIJIN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial protein; cDNA cloning; Gene expression; Insect immunity; Oryctes rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; INSECT; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MALPIGHIA; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHINOCEROS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032145637     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2550734.x     Document Type: Article

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