Immulectin, an inducible C-type lectin from an insect, Manduca sexta, stimulates activation of plasma prophenol oxidase

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 585-597

  Yu, Xiao Qiang ^a   Gan, Hong ^a   Kanost, Michael R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C type lectin; Hemolymph; Immulectin; Manduca sexta; Phenol oxidase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME PRECURSOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMULECTIN; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAT BODY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; KINETICS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCKROACHES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECT PROTEINS; KINETICS; LARVA; LECTINS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033166017     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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