Antimicrobial peptides in insects; structure and function

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 329-344

  Bulet, Phillipe ^a   Hetru, Charles ^a   Dimarcq, Jean Luc ^a   Hoffmann, Daniéle ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; DISULFIDE; DROSOMYCIN; GLOVERIN; GLYCINE; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE; THANATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033022730     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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