Purification and characterization of a cysteine-rich 11.5-kDa antibacterial protein from the granular haemocytes of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 350-357

  Relf, Juliet M ^a   Chisholm, June R S ^a   Kemp, Graham D ^a   Smith, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial protein; Carcinus; Crustacean; Haemocytes; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CRAB; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRACHYURA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISULFIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOCYTES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARCINUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033198883     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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