Callinectin, an antibacterial peptide from blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, hemocytes

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-51

  Khoo, Lester ^a,b   Robinette, David W ^a   Noga, Edward J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Blue crab; Non specific immunity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD CELL; CALLINECTIN; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRAB; PEPTIDE;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

EID: 0032791277     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011750     Document Type: Article

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