Minimum structure of peptidoglycan required for induction of antibacterial protein synthesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-24

  Iketani, Masao ^a   Nishimura, Hitomi ^a   Akayama, Koichi ^a   Yamano, Yoshiaki ^a   Morishima, Isao ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial protein induction; Bombyx mori; Cecropin; Peptidoglycan minimum structure; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INSECT PROTEIN; MURAMIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS LINKING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SILKWORM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BOMBYX; INSECT PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 0032995820     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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