Structure of a paralytic peptide from an insect, Manduca sexta

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 256-261

  Yu, X Q ^a   Prakash, Om ^a   Kanost, Michael R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Hemocyte, hemolymph; Insect immunity; Manduca sexta; Paralytic peptide; Tobacco hornworm

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PARALYSIS; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032854320     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.1999.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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