Immunity proteins from mosquito cell lines include three defensin A isoforms from Aedes aegypti and a defensin D from Aedes albopictus

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-318

  Gao, Y ^a   Hernandez, V P ^a   Fallon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Defensins; Insect immunity; Mosquito cell lines

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CDNA LIBRARY; DEFENSIN; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; HOST RESISTANCE; INSECT CELL CULTURE; MESSENGER RNA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DEFENSINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033180270     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83119.x     Document Type: Article

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